MagaSwaga Potent Notables

Notable: US Government seeks NGO help for removing Iran from Syria

U.S. Government Seeks NGO Help For Removing Iran From Syria

The U.S.Department of State is offering a grant of $75,000,000 to non-government-organizations to help it to further meddle in Syria.

The grant SFOP0005916 - Supporting Local Governance and Civil Society in Syria will go to "Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education"

The task description is quite interesting as the NGOs which will eventually get the grant will have to commit to counter one of Syria's military allies:

The purpose of this notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) is to advance the following U.S. Government policy objectives in Syria:

Ensure the enduring defeat of ISIS and counter violent extremism, including other extremist groups in Syria;

Achieve a political solution to the Syrian conflict under the auspices of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2254; and,

End the presence of Iranian forces and proxies in Syria.

The Department of State's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, Office of Assistance Coordination (NEA/AC) aims to advance these policy objectives by supporting the following assistance objectives:

Strengthen responsive and credible governance and civil society entities to capably serve and represent communities liberated from ISIS.

Advance a political solution to the Syrian conflict under the auspices of United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 2254; and,

Counter extremism and disinformation perpetuated by Iranian forces, designated terrorist organizations, and other malign actors through support for local governance actors and civil society organizations.

The operational field for the grant is not only the Syrian northeast which U.S. troops currently occupy, but also the al-Qaeda infested Idleb governorate as well as all government controlled areas.

The related Funding Opportunity Description (available through the above link) does not explain what an NGO could do to advance the highlighted U.S. government goals.

Work on the three year project is supposed to start on January 1 2020. It must be applied for by August 2 2019.

https://www.moonofalabama.org/2019/05/us-government-seeks-ngo-help-for-removing-iran-from-syria.html.

Notable: UK Army's warning about 'patriots' and 'right-wing' makes the news

Patriotism is a 'red-flag for racism': Army officers are warned soldiers calling themselves 'patriots' or who make 'inaccurate generalisations about the Left' could be right-wing extremists in their ranks

A guide to help high-ranking British officers spot right-wing extremists in their ranks has been leaked - and the signs include people calling themselves 'patriots' and making 'inaccurate generalisations about the Left'.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7082855/British-army-officers-told-soldiers-calling-patriots-extremists.html

Notable: , >>6624429 DC theater cancels Strozk/Page play amid security threats

@washingtonpost

Washington theater cancels conservative filmmaker’s play amid security threats

8:20 PM - 29 May 2019

Notable: Syria update

SYRIA UPDATE

Turkey Says Nearly 330,000 Syrians Returned Home

Some 8 million Syrians left their country after the outbreak of the war in 2011, including about 3.6 million to Turkey.

https://syrianobserver.com/EN/news/50724/turkey-says-nearly-330000-syrians-returned-home.html

Al-Moallem: Economic blockade on Syria is a form of terrorism

“The West wants this region, which is rich in oil and natural resources, to be a big consumer market for the western productions and wants the Israeli entity to dominate this region… so, they wanted the war in Syria to continue and prevent countries from taking part in the reconstruction process,” al-Moallem added.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=166491

Military Situation In Syria On May 29, 2019 (Map Update)

A brief overview of the recent development in Syria:

An IED explosion hit a Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) vehicle in Al-Zer killing at least one person;

An IED explosion hit the city of Qamishli. No casualties were reported;

Multiple artillery and air strikes in southwestern Aleppo were reported by pro-militant sources;

The situation near Kafr Nabudah remains relatively calm;

Russian and Syrian airctaft continue pounding militant infrastructure in northern Hama and southern Idlib;

An IED explosion hit al-Bab. No casualties were reported.

https://southfront.org/military-situation-in-syria-on-may-29-2019-map-update/

Damascus, Moscow call upon international community to exert pressure on Washington to pull out its troops from Syria

In a joint statement the Syrian and Russian Coordination Committees on the Return of Displaced Syrians called upon the “International community, the UN agencies and the international humanitarian organizations to adopt a principled stance to influence the US in order to solve the issue of withdrawing its occupational forces from Syria soonest possible.”

The two committees reaffirmed that the “US forces which are occupying lands in Syria had entered Syria in an illegitimate way and their presence hinder the exerted efforts for restoring normal life to the country and they constitute an obstacle which hinder stability in the southeast of Syria and which causes catastrophic situations for the residents of al-Rukban Camp who are forcibly held at the camp by terrorist groups controlled by the US.”

https://sana.sy/en/?p=166476

New Video Reveals Militants’ Heavy Losses In Kafr Nabudah Battle

On May 28, the Abkhazian Network News Agency (ANNA) released a new video revealing militants’ heavy losses in the battle of Kafr Nabudah last week.

The video shows dozens of airstrikes and artillery strikes on the militants’ positions and equipment inside the town and in its outskirt.

https://youtu.be/9h-giE6P7do

Army destroys Jabhat al-Nusra vehicles and dens in Idleb southern countryside

Units of the Syrian Arab Army destroyed vehicles and dens of Jabhat al-Nusra terrorists in Kafr Sajna town and al-Bara village in Idle southern countryside in retaliation to their continued breaches of the de-escalation zone agreement.

https://sana.sy/en/?p=166461

Syrian, Russian Air Forces Stepped Up Aerial Operations Over Greater Idlib In Last 48 Hours

https://youtu.be/o5CRtax3BC0

https://youtu.be/9XUhcjmOlvg

https://youtu.be/K9hcKeoQF4c

https://youtu.be/yTQmDsXsfLg

https://youtu.be/q0xiZkadGyA

https://youtu.be/IXF3mqkZS5o

https://southfront.org/syrian-russian-air-forces-stepped-up-aerial-operations-over-greater-idlib-in-last-48-hours-videos/

Notable: Topkek: Pepe and Daisy Hogg colouring book

Ok…which one of you faggots did this?

Notable: Big Mike tweets mentioning 'alchemy'. Coded?

@MichelleObama

There’s something unexplainable that happens on @SesameStreet, some unique alchemy of aspiration and goodness that just can’t be replicated. That’s why I couldn’t be more honored to celebrate 50 years of Sesame Street tonight.

Join me by sharing a memory with #Sesame50.

7:39 PM - 29 May 2019

Notable: The DAD in question may be John Giacalone, re pb >>6623509

The DAD in question may be John Giacalone, who basically got the fuck outta dodge right before shit went supernova hot…in February 2016. Conveniently when McCabe became Deputy Director and Scalia got bumped.

https://www.executivegov.com/2015/03/profile-john-giacalone-executive-assistant-director-of-fbis-national-security-branch/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-giacalone-2a322ab9

Notable: 'Checkmate' connection graphic

Another checkmate?

Notable: Photos of the Japan trip from the WH

@WhiteHouse

President Trump and the First Lady's historic trip to Japan—in photos! 🇺🇸 🇯🇵 http://45.wh.gov/VFHvsh

7:43 PM - 29 May 2019

Notable: Disney CEO: It will be 'difficult' to film in GA if abortion law takes effect

Disney CEO says it will be 'difficult' to film in Georgia if abortion law takes effect

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger told Reuters on Wednesday it would be “very difficult” for the media company to keep filming in Georgia if a new abortion law takes effect because many people will not want to work in the U.S. state.

Disney has filmed blockbuster movies in Georgia such as “Black Panther” and “Avengers: Endgame,” and it would be a blow to the state’s efforts to create production jobs if the entertainment giant stopped filming there.

Georgia’s Republican governor signed into law on May 7 a ban on abortion after a doctor can detect a fetal heartbeat - about six weeks into a pregnancy, before many women know they are pregnant. The law is due to take effect on Jan. 1, if it survives court challenges.

Asked if Disney would keep filming in Georgia, Iger said it would be “very difficult to do so” if the abortion law is implemented.

“I rather doubt we will,” Iger said in an interview ahead of the dedication for a new “Star Wars” section at Disneyland. “I think many people who work for us will not want to work there, and we will have to heed their wishes in that regard. Right now we are watching it very carefully.”

If the law takes effect, “I don’t see how it’s practical for us to continue to shoot there,” he added.

Georgia is one of eight states to pass anti-abortion legislation this year for the purpose of inducing the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that established a woman’s right to terminate her pregnancy.

The state offers a tax credit that has lured many film and TV productions. The industry is responsible for more than 92,000 jobs in Georgia, according to the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), and some 455 productions were shot in Georgia in 2018, according to the state.

Some actors and producers have already said they will no longer work in Georgia because of the abortion law, but many of the large production companies have remained publicly silent on the abortion law.

On Tuesday, Netflix Inc said the streaming service would “rethink” its film and television production investment in Georgia if the law goes into effect.

In the meantime, Netflix will continue production there for now and work with groups that are fighting the law in U.S. courts.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-abortion-walt-disney-exclusive/exclusive-disney-ceo-says-it-will-be-difficult-to-film-in-georgia-if-abortion-law-takes-effect-idUSKCN1T003X?il=0

Notable: , >>6623725 USMC tweet connects to Nate Cain and Q Post

>>6623650

Last bread Marines connection.

Notable: OIG Report: Findings of Misconduct by an FBI Deputy Assistant Director

>>6623493

yes ,..

https://www.oversight.gov/node/18950

Notable: Boatfag Update

CAP CAPRICORN (operator XT Management based in Tel Aviv unlike the other "CAP" vessels being tracked in the same livery) is still on her way from Long Beach to Auckland, New Zealand.

Notable: , >>6623329, >>6623799 CrowdStrike retraction of Ukranian hack by Russia

>>6623131 LB

CrowdStrike retraction of Ukranian hack by Russia - note it appears to be the same malware as DNC?

https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/danger-close-fancy-bear-tracking-ukrainian-field-artillery-units/

Notable: Schiff: ‘We Look Forward to Mueller’s Testimony Before Congress

Adam Schiff: ‘We Look Forward to Mueller’s Testimony Before Congress

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, seemingly ignored special counsel Robert Mueller’s statement Wednesday ruling out any testimony before Congress, saying he and other congressional investigators nonetheless “look forward” to him testifying. “We look forward to Mueller’s testimony before Congress,” Schiff began in a statement. “While I understand his reluctance to answer hypotheticals or deviate from the carefully worded conclusions he drew on his charging decisions, there are, nevertheless, a great many questions he can answer that go beyond the report, including any counterintelligence issues and classified matters that were not addressed in his findings.”

In his first public remarks about his two-year Russia investigation, Mueller said the probe has been closed and he is leaving his role and returning to civilian life. Speaking at the Justice Department, Mueller reiterated his report’s findings — that there was no evidence to indicate collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign before the 2016 election, and there were several “episodes” in which President Donald Trump may have obstructed justice with attempts to disrupt the investigation. The report did not clear him on that issue, though Attorney General William Barr and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein determined the president did not commit. obstruction of justice. Mueller stated he does not plan on speaking further about the investigation, precluding any testimony in Congress. “I hope and expect that this will be the only time I will speak to you about this matter,” Mueller said. “The report is my testimony.” “I would not provide information beyond that which is already public,” he added.

According to Schiff, Mueller’s statement was a “direct rebuke” of Barr’s handling of the special counsel’s report and left open the possibility that President Trump may have committed a crime. “Finally, in a direct rebuke of Attorney General William Barr—who deliberately and repeatedly misled the American people—Mueller today confirmed that he was unable to consider criminal charges of obstruction of justice against the President specifically because of Department of Justice policy prohibiting the indictment of a sitting president,” the California Democrat said. “Mueller reiterated that ‘if we had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.’ Instead, he made clear that, because of the Department’s own policy, it is left it to Congress—not the Attorney General—to evaluate and further investigate the president’s misconduct.”

Though Schiff is still adamant about Mueller’s testifying, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) appears to have softened on the idea — even as he and the special counsel continue to negotiate about a possible testimony. When asked in a press conference Wednesday if he would issue a subpoena for Mueller to appear before his panel, Nadler replied: “Mr. Mueller told us a lot of what we needed to hear today.” Earlier this month, talks between Nadler and Mueller fell through for the special counsel to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on May 15th.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/29/adam-schiff-we-look-forward-to-muellers-testimony-before-congress/

Notable: Anon's digging on the 'S'.

[S] is really fuckin weird in this tweet

We have the server[S]

Diggin for conformations

Notable: Report: Trump wanted warship named for John McCain "out of sight" in Japan.

Report: Trump wanted warship named for John McCain "out of sight" in Japan

https://www.axios.com/trump-warship-named-john-mccain-japan-4194ab34-2fa6-467c-95b9-45772bd23eb7.html

Notable: DJT Tweet: 11 pointer?

Patriot Anons

Did POTUS just confirm a Checkmate

Notable: FLOTUS Tweet: "Thank you Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako…"

@FLOTUS

Thank you Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako for hosting us in the Imperial Palace. We enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people!

Notable: Bank CEO indicted for taking bribes in connection with loans guaranteed by the SBA.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wednesday, May 29, 2019

Bank CEO Arrested For Taking Bribes In Connection With Loans Guaranteed By The Small Business Administration

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/bank-ceo-arrested-taking-bribes-connection-loans-guaranteed-small-business

Notable: DJT Tweet: DJT was not informed re: USS John S. McCain.

DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1133900762709463040

Notable: NZ removes any reference to Jesus from parliamentary prayer!

Notables/News

New Zealand removes any reference to Jesus from parliamentary prayer!

In the wake of the Christchurch mosque attack, we come to find out that New Zealand has removed references to Jesus from the parliamentary prayer, sparking outrage among the country’s Christian population.

Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, made the decision to drop references to Jesus in order to make the prayer “more inclusive” for all parliamentarians.

The Guardian reported: A reference to “almighty god” remains, but it is not a specific reference to a Christian god.

The protesters want Jesus’s name reinstated, and held signs reading “Dishonourable Judas Mallard”.

Around 1,000 people protested on the steps of parliament house in Wellington, arguing that New Zealand was a Christian nation and Mallard had no authority to axe Jesus’s name.

“He needs a good kick in his pants, and he needs to actually be removed because this is a Christian nation”, protester Rieki Teutscher told Radio NZ. “We don’t share his atheism.”

Another protester, Carmel Morgan, said Mallard should have consulted with New Zealanders or announced a referendum before changing the prayer.

“This is a land of democracy, this is a land of freedom, you know, we want to be a first world country… he took that choice away from us.”

Politicians such as Jacinda Ardern and Winston Peters have said it would have been judicious for the speaker to have consulted more widely before actioning the changes.

“Well the decision as to what should be changed should be made by parliamentarians and not the speaker – that’s our position, I don’t mind telling you publicly”, deputy prime minister Winston Peters told RNZ.

“If you’re going to make a change let’s have parliament decide – not one person.”

Mallard said he had consulted with parliamentarians and the majority had indicated they were in favour of a secular prayer.

The brethren in NZ need anon prayers more than ever it seems!

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/03/new-zealand-removes-any-reference-to-jesus-from-parliamentary-prayer/

Notable: Swarm of SpaceX satellites crowd the night sky.

Notes/News

SpaceX satellites pose new headache for astronomers

It looked like a scene from a sci-fi blockbuster: an astronomer in the Netherlands captured footage of a train of brightly-lit SpaceX satellites ascending through the night sky this weekend, stunning space enthusiasts across the globe.

But the sight has also provoked an outcry among astronomers who say the constellation, which so far consists of 60 broadband-beaming satellites but could one day grow to as many as 12,000, may threaten our view of the cosmos and deal a blow to scientific discovery.

The launch was tracked around the world and it soon became clear that the satellites were visible to the naked eye: a new headache for researchers who already have to find workarounds to deal with objects cluttering their images of deep space.

"People were making extrapolations that if many of the satellites in these new mega-constellations had that kind of steady brightness, then in 20 years or less, for a good part the night anywhere in the world, the human eye would see more satellites than stars," Bill Keel, an astronomer at the University of Alabama, told AFP.

The satellites' brightness has since diminished as their orientation has stabilized and they have continued their ascent to their final orbit at an altitude of 550 kilometers (340 miles).

But that has not entirely allayed the concerns of scientists, who are worried about what happens next.

Elon Musk's SpaceX is just one of a several companies looking to enter the fledgling space internet sector.

To put that into context, there are currently 2,100 active satellites orbiting our planet, according to the Satellite Industry Association.

If another 12,000 are added by SpaceX alone, "it will be hundreds above the horizon at any given time," Jonathan McDowell of the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics told AFP, adding that the problem would be exacerbated at certain times of the year and certain points in the night.

https://phys.org/news/2019-05-spacex-satellites-pose-headache-astronomers.html

Notable: DJT Tweet: Hannity & Mark Levin congratulations. Hannity tonight 9PM EST.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1133897476497448960

Notable: Fetal heartbeat bill looks to pass in Louisiana.

Louisiana Passes Fetal Heartbeat Abortion Bill, Dem Governor Says He’ll Sign

Louisiana passed a new abortion bill on May 29 that prohibits abortion once there is a detectable fetal heartbeat, which can occur as early as six weeks into pregnancy.

The move comes after several other U.S. states enacted similar measures.

The bill passed the House of Representatives 79-23. Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards has indicated that he would break with his party sign it into law if it reached his desk.

“I know there are many who feel just as strongly as I do on abortion and disagree with me—and I respect their opinions,” Edwards said in a statement after the bill’s passage.

“As I prepare to sign this bill, I call on the overwhelming bipartisan majority of legislators who voted for it to join me in continuing to build a better Louisiana that cares for the least among us and provides more opportunity for everyone.”

Edwards was elected governor in 2015 and has described himself as a “pro-life candidate.”

According to the bill’s text (pdf), the prohibition will only into effect hold only if the law in neighboring Mississippi is upheld by a federal appeals court. A federal judge temporarily blocked that Mississippi law on May 24.

The Louisiana bill requires that prior to an abortion, an ultrasound is performed in order to determine whether a fetal heartbeat is present.

The bill reads: “It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly perform an abortion with the specific intent of causing or abetting the termination of the life of an unborn human being when a fetal heartbeat has been detected.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/louisiana-passes-fetal-heartbeat-abortion-bill-dem-governor-says-hell-sign_2943088.html

Notable: Satanic Temple to challenge ruling on fetal remains.

https://apple.news/AAoFMhdpWQdm45-IG19F_Ww

Notable: Google's underbelly of second class sweat shop workers.

Google Accused Of Running 'White-Collar Sweatshop' To Power 'AI' Assistant

Google Assistant - the company's 'AI' equivalent to Siri or Alexa - can make life easier in all sorts of ways, including setting reminders, controlling smart home devices, booking rental cars and more. And the service - which Google says is on at least a billion devices, is powered by a giant apparatus of underpaid, overworked human subcontractors who manage the entire operation, according to The Guardian's Julia Wong. This 'army' of contractors often work massive amounts of overtime for free in the hopes of becoming a full-time Google employee with all the perks and benefits that come with it.

"It’s smoke and mirrors if anything," said one current Google employee - who spoke on condition of anonymity. "Artificial intelligence is not that artificial; it’s human beings that are doing the work." Current and former employees noted Google's reliance on around 100,000 temporary workers, vendors and contractors (known internally as TVCs), who produce a large amount of the company's work. Those who collect or create data for much of its technology are not directly employed by Google; from the drivers who roam around the earth for Google Maps, or YouTube's content moderators who train the company's filters to catch banned content, to people who endlessly flip pages of physical books to scan into the Google Books libraries. This has created two tiers of workers at Google; highly compensated, full-time employees, vs. low-wage contract workers who are found using staffing firms. The employees said this dichotomy is "corrosive" , "highly problematic" and "permissive of exploitation." "It’s like a white-collar sweatshop," said one Google employee. "If it’s not illegal, it’s definitely exploitative. It’s to the point where I don’t use the Google Assistant, because I know how it’s made, and I can’t support it."

On Tuesday, the New York Times noted that Google's use of underpaid contractors extends far beyond just the Google Assistant team. An 'army' of cunning linguists are teaching their replacements. Much of what is driving modern advancements in computing and user experiences involves the study of language. As the Guardian notes, it's taken decades to go from monotonously programming a clunky VCR - to simply telling your digital assistant what you want, when you want it. In short, Silicon Valley has gone to great lengths to understand natural human speech, in all its variations. And all of this has been developed using a combination of humans feeding massive data sets into machine learning systems.

In order to feed the systems, Pygmalion was created in 2014. The brainchild of longitme Google executive Linne Ha, the division was tasked with creating linguistic data sets required for Google's neural networks to adapt to dozens of languages. Programming is a "painstaking" and labor-intensive process, requiring the careful creation of "handcrafted" data sets in order for the digital systems to function properly. As originally planned, Google employs just a handful of full-time employees in Pygmalion - while outsourcing an "army" of subcontracted linguists around the world, according to documents reviewed by The Guardian. At present, there are 40-50 full time Googlers and around 200 temporary workers contracted through global staffing firms such as Adecco. The workers include associate linguists who annotate data sets, and project managers who oversee that work. "Imagine going from producing PhD level research and pushing forward the state of knowledge in the world to going to an annotation type job, where all you’re doing all day is annotating data; it’s very click, click, click," said one former Pygmalion project manager. "Everyone was trying to prove themselves because everyone was trying to work for Google. The competitive edge that happened among colleagues as TVCs was severe."

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-29/google-accused-running-white-collar-sweatshop-power-ai-assistant

Notable: >>6622816 Boatfag updates.

Boatfag update: Long Beach remains busy. EVER LUCKY made it in from Taipei, Taiwan today and is moored at the Evergreen terminal. EVER LUCENT is at Pier 400 and listed to be going for an ETA of the 31st at Oakland. DANNY G in Alamitos Bay. A "US GOVT VESSEL" (possibly a DDG) is at the Seal Beach Weapons Station. OOCL TOKYO and OOCL BEIJING are with each other while nearby is the bulk carrier BELO HORIZONTE that arrived a few days ago all the way from South Africa.

Notable: Brits claim they told Flynn about Steele's lack of credibility in Jan. 2017.

Not buying it. Unnamed source close to Flynn says he receive a secret memo from the Brits saying Steele was garbage. Sources say Flynn denies any knowledge of the memo.

Someone's lying and it ain't Flynn.

https://twitter.com/jsolomonReports/status/1133873092999229440

Notable: BO getting payday speech in Colombia.

>>6622381

>>>6621788 Cuba running drugs for Colombian terror group FARC: see Obama speech notable.

Obama Bags $600,000 Payday For Single Speech In Colombia

Former President Barack Obama was paid nearly $600,000 to speak at a Tuesday marketing conference in Bogota, Colombia, according to Colombian news outlet El Tiempo. For those keeping track, that's $100,000 more than Bill Clinton made for a single speech in Moscow (during a 2010 trip where he hung out with Vladimir Putin at his house).

According to the report, Obama earned "2 billion Colombian pesos," or $591,000 USD speaking at the EXMA conference, held Monday and Tuesday. Conference attendees could also snap a photo with the former president for just 11 million Colombian pesos, or around $3,200.

And according to the Bogotá Post - Obama's talk, "A conversation with President Barack Obama," was focused on influential growth strategies. "It will be a talk about business that is based on the positive influence Obama puts out. We have to take advantage of this to build de country, entrepreneurship and innovation," said the organizers, who added that Obama will "set the condition that he won't talk about current politics."

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-29/obama-bags-600000-payday-single-speech-colombia

Notable: DJT Tweet: "How do you impeach a Republican President for a crime that was committed by the Democrats? WITCH HUNT!"

New DJT

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1133893813611782144

Notable: Canada begins process to ratify USMCA trade deal.

Canada begins process to ratify USMCA trade deal

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally introduced legislation to his country's parliament Wednesday to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade. Parliamentary action on the deal, which would replace the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement, had been held up for months by a dispute between Trudeau's administration and the White House over steel and aluminum tariffs. Trudeau urged Canadian lawmakers to quickly wrap the deal up now that the dispute had been resolved. "The new NAFTA will secure access to a trading zone that accounts for more than a quarter of the global economy,” Trudeau said, according to Reuters. “It is now time for the members of this House to ratify it.”

Trudeau is set to meet with Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday to coordinate strategy on passing USMCA through their respective legislatures. Earlier this month, the Trump administration agreed to restore exemptions Canada and Mexico had on U.S. tariffs of 25% on steel and 10% on aluminum. The Trump administration initially granted the exemptions last year when it first enacted the tariffs, but removed them during negotiations as a tactic to pressure Canada and Mexico. After a deal was struck late last year, the Trump administration resisted pressure for months to restore the exemptions, prompting Canada and Mexico to refuse to ratify the agreement until it budged.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has yet to commit to bringing the USMCA up for a floor vote, arguing that the trade deal lacks proper enforcement provisions, among other shortcomings. Canada and Mexico have refused to reopen the deal for further negotiations, a position the Trump administration has taken as well. "The reality is that Speaker Pelosi, under the Trade Promotion Authority, has the keys here about when this gets brought up and what the process is," Marc Short, chief staff to Vice President Mike Pence, told CNBC.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/canada-begins-process-to-ratify-usmca-trade-deal

Notable: Joint statement from DOJ/SC reaffirm that Mueller did not charge obstruction regardless of often quoted DOJ practice.

https://twitter.com/RealSaavedra

Notable: Cuba running drugs for Colombian terror group FARC: see Obama speech notable.

Castro Makes Fools of Obama & Co.

And the media stays faithfully silent.

“Cuba and the United States signed an agreement to cooperate in the fight against terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering and other international criminal activities on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.” (Reuters, Jan. 2017) “Cuban security officials toured Key West drug-war center—A delegation of Cuban government national security officials recently toured the Pentagon’s counter-drug center in Key West (in May, 2016)— a first, signaling a nascent effort in U.S.-Cuban security cooperation..They got a briefing on the work that has been described as Southcom’s command center in the war on drugs.” “Cuba has kept drug trafficking, in check— the U.S. State Department’s (under Obama) annual narcotics control report found that (Cuba) is not a major consumer, producer or transit point for illegal narcotics.” (Miami Herald, March 2017.)

In brief, a Republican’s word under oath is an obvious subterfuge. But the word of KGB-mentored apparatchiks who’ve run a Russian satrapy for over half a century is good as gold. So seem to reason the Obama team and their Fake News Media auxiliaries. And to demonstrate their fidelity to the Russian satrap’s word, the Obama team put our national security where Castro’s mouth is, by giving his top defense and secret police apparatchiks a guided tour of some of our most vital defense facilities! In brief, unlike in the case with Republicans, no villainy linked to “Russian collusion” is attributed by Democrats to the apparatchiks who have run a terror-sponsoring Russian satrapy on our doorstep for upwards of 60 years!….Now back to some late-breaking news:

“Panamanian authorities on Saturday (May, 18, 2019) intercepted 46 suitcases containing an estimated $90 million in illegal drugs on a cargo ship that arrived from a Cuban port and was en route to Istanbul, Turkey. The suitcases contained 1,517 packages of drugs hidden in a container declared as containing charcoal.” Needless to add: no mainstream U.S. media portal (not even FOX!) has reported on this blockbuster embarrassment to the Obama team. But this wasn’t the first egg on the faces of the Obama team, especially the architects of the partnership with Castro such as Pajama Boy Ben Rhodes and CIA chief John Brennan, who secretly met with Raul Castro’s son Alejandro. Instead: “Panamanian authorities have intercepted over 401 kilos of cocaine in a shipment from Cuba en route to Belgium. The cocaine was found in a (Cuban) container camouflaged by (Cuban) molasses tanks.” (April, 14, 2017.) The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) attributes half the world’s cocaine supply to the Colombian Terror group FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia), who are intimately linked with the people who nowadays run next door Venezuela—who are Cuban-guarded and manipulated puppets. "I don't think I'd even call (Venezuela) a regime, “ said Navy Adm. Craig Faller, head of U.S. Southern Command just this week, “ it's a mafia. It's an illicit business that he's (Maduro) running with his 2,000 corrupt generals. It's ruining the country…Illicit narco trafficking through Venezuela is up some 40 percent.” So the dots shouldn’t be overly difficult to connect.

In fact, The FARC itself, once gave credit where credit is due, attributing their rollicking success to the Castro regime: "Thanks to Castro" boasted late FARC commander Tiro-Fijo in an interview, "we are now a powerful army, not a hit and run band." Given the hefty piece of the action which the Castro-Family-Crime-Syndicate (mislabeled “Cuba” by the media) undoubtedly gets from FARC it’s only proper that FARC kingpins have the run of the Castro Family Fiefdom. In fact, some of these distinguished gentlemen were seated just a few rows from Obama himself when he attended that baseball game in Havana during his famous visit in March 2016.

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/273870/castro-makes-fools-obama-co-humberto-fontova

Panama Seizes A Shipment Of More Than 1,500 Packages Of Cocaine Packs From Cuba Headed To Turkey

https://www.maritimeherald.com/2019/panama-seizes-a-shipment-of-more-than-1500-packages-of-cocaine-packs-from-cuba-headed-to-turkey/

Colombian FARC rebels at ballgame in Cuba attended by Obama

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cuba-farc-idUSKCN0WO30G

Notable: Japan to propose Abe-Kim summit.

Japan to propose Abe-Kim summit to N. Korean officials next week

TOKYO (Kyodo) – The Japanese government plans to reach out to North Korean officials next week in Mongolia to propose a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the North's leader Kim Jong Un, government sources said Wednesday.

Abe has said he is willing to meet Kim "without conditions," softening his previous stance. He had said it would be a prerequisite for a summit that North Korea moves closer to returning Japanese nationals abducted by its agents in the 1970s and 1980s.

U.S. President Donald Trump, who has met Kim twice for negotiations on the de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, said during a visit to Tokyo this week that he supports an Abe-Kim summit.

According to the sources, Japanese officials hope to speak with North Korean diplomats on the sidelines of a Northeast Asian security conference to be held June 5-6 in Ulaanbaatar.

The conference will be a rare opportunity for Japanese and North Korean officials to speak as the countries do not have formal diplomatic ties.

Japan is expected to send a senior official from the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau to the conference, while North Korea may send a vice foreign minister, the sources said.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190530/p2g/00m/0na/010000c

Notable: Turkey acquisition of Russian S-400 delayed.

Delivery of S-400 systems may be delayed until after June: Turkish DM

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar says the delivery of advanced Russian built S-400 air defense missile systems to his country “might be delayed until after June” irrespective of US pressure and threats of imposing sanctions on Ankara over the purchase of the military hardware.

“They may not catch June, but will arrive in following months. The process has started,” Akar said in an exclusive interview with local Turkish-language Haberturk television news network.

“There are some details about the agreements we have made regarding the procurement of the S-400, within the framework of the contracts. Related institutions and organizations continue to negotiate about them,” he added.

The Turkish defense minister then refused to comment on “assumptions” when asked about measures Turkey would adopt in case of possible US sanctions over Ankara’s procurement of S-400 missile defense system from Moscow.

“We are carrying out activities in a way that will completely fulfill the responsibilities given to us,” Akar said, adding that Turkey has made full payment for F-35 fighter jets to Washington.

Speaking in an exclusive interview with Turkish-language and nationwide Kanal 7 television network on May 5, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay said United States concerns as to Ankara’s purchase of S-400 systems from Moscow were not reasonable and added that Turkey would not back down.

Oktay's comments came only two days after Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan warned that the Pentagon will halt manufacturing support for the F-35 fighter jets in Turkey if Ankara does not abandon plans to buy the Russian missile defense system.

Shanahan noted that he had met delegations from US aerospace manufacturers Lockheed Martin and United Technologies to discuss options if Turkey refuses to take the measure.

https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/05/28/597156/Delivery-of-S400-systems-may-be-delayed-after-June-Turkish-DM

Notable: WaPo: Article debunking Roe v. Wade statistic.

Why did WaPo publish this article especially without a paywall?

Planned Parenthood’s false stat: ‘Thousands’ of women died every year before Roe

A reader asked us to investigate this repeated claim by the president of Planned Parenthood — that “thousands of women” died every year from botched abortions before the Supreme Court in 1973 nullified antiabortion laws across the United States in Roe v. Wade.

Wen is a doctor, and the ACOG is made up of doctors. They should know better than to peddle statistics based on data that predates the advent of antibiotics. Even given the fuzzy nature of the data and estimates, there is no evidence that in the years immediately preceding the Supreme Court’s decision, thousands of women died every year in the United States from illegal abortions.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/29/planned-parenthoods-false-stat-thousands-women-died-every-year-before-roe/

Notable: Vox piece on investigations into spying.

The investigations into the Russia investigations, explained

What we know about Attorney General William Barr’s inquiry and the other ongoing reviews.

By Jen Kirbyjen.kirby@vox.com May 29, 2019, 10:30am EDT

"INVESTIGATE THE INVESTIGATORS,” President Donald Trump tweeted in April, days before the Justice Department released the Mueller report to the public.

Trump and his Republican allies in Congress have argued throughout the years-long investigation into the Trump campaign’s possible ties to Russia that the entire probe began based on shoddy intelligence and that federal law enforcement illegally spied on members of the campaign.

But now that special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe has concluded — and Trump has a particularly receptive attorney general running the Justice Department — the push to “investigate the investigators” has moved from rhetoric to reality.

There are several reviews of the Russia probe currently underway, both of which predate Barr. They include one by the Justice Department’s internal watchdog, whose findings are expected in the coming weeks, and another inquiry overseen by Utah federal prosecutor John Huber, which was prompted by Republican complaints about the Russia probe and the handling of Hillary Clinton-related scandals.

Attorney General William Barr is also conducting his own inquiry. Barr tapped the US attorney for Connecticut to help examine the origins of the Russia probe.

But media reports suggest the AG is closely invested in this process. And last week, the president gave Barr’s inquiry a substantial boost. At Barr’s request, Trump signed a memo ordering US intelligence agencies to cooperate with Barr and giving the AG sweeping powers to declassify intelligence documents as part of his audit.

Barr, who took over both the Justice Department and oversight of the Mueller investigation in February, has given credence to allegations, nursed by Trump and some top Republicans on Capitol Hill, that law enforcement might have spied on Trump’s campaign and that authorities overreached when they opened the investigation into the Trump campaign in 2016.

Barr told lawmakers in April that he had questions and concerns about “both the genesis and the conduct of intelligence activities directed at the Trump campaign during 2016.” He reiterated his concerns about law enforcement’s conduct during his Senate testimony in May….

https://www.vox.com/2019/5/29/18634410/russia-investigations-barr-trump-explained

Notable: DJT Jr. Tweets on Mueller.

The biggest joke is on those who thought he was unbiased despite hiring 19 leftist lawyers and exactly 0 conservatives. His dream was to get Trump and he failed miserably because there’s nothing there and there never was.

Who wants to bet he knew all this before the midterms?

CST

https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1133863216101187584

responding to:

Mueller proved today that he is a corrupt hack with no interest in the rule of law. He violated multiple DOJ guidelines and regs, as well as ABA rules governing prosecutors, by holding a press conference just to smear someone he refused to charge.

https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1133790164315181057

Notable: John Cleese says London is no longer an English city.

"The actor John Cleese has sparked an online row after claiming that London is "no longer an English city".

In a Tweet sent early this morning to his 5.6 million followers, the Fawlty Towers comedian repeated his 2011 claims about the capital.

Cleese, 79, said that "virtually all" of his friends living abroad agreed with his observation.

He wrote: “So there must be some truth in it.

"I note also that London was the UK city that voted most strongly to remain in the EU"

news.yahoo.com/john-cleese-claims-london-no-140909735.html

Notable: Pelosi angry FB did not remove video.

Nancy Pants out HONKING around

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-29/pelosi-slams-facebook-willing-enablers-kremlin-refusing-delete-drunk-video

Notable: Controversy still surrounds maritime sabotage events in the UAE port.

Bolton Alleges Iran Maritime Sabotage But Evidence Points Elsewhere

The accusations against Iran come only weeks after US mine-laying ships and divers ran drills in the same area that the alleged sabotage incidents took place.

ABU DHABI, U.A.E. — On Wednesday, National Security Advisor John Bolton told a group of reporters in Abu Dhabi that “naval mines almost certainly from Iran” had been used to conduct the alleged “sabotage” attack on four commercial vessels off the coast of the United Arab Emirates’ port of Fujairah earlier this month. “There is no doubt in anybody’s mind in Washington who is responsible for this and I think it’s important that the leadership in Iran know that we know,” Bolton continued, providing no evidence for his claim.

Bolton is currently in Abu Dhabi ahead of an “emergency” summit scheduled for Thursday in Saudi Arabia, where top U.S. and allied Arab officials will “discuss the implications of the tanker attacks, and drone strikes two days later, on oil pumping stations in the kingdom.”

The murkiness that still surrounds what caused this tanker “sabotage,” as well as the very limited extent of the alleged damage, suggests that this poorly executed incident either did not go as planned or that it was a freak accident that has now been manipulated for weeks by the U.S. and its regional allies for political gain. However, Iran is far from being the clear culprit, especially given that three foreign militaries — including the U.S. Navy — concluded a mine warfare naval drill just weeks before the “sabotage” incident occurred.

MintPress previously reported on the tanker “sabotage” attacks soon after they occurred and noted that neither the UAE or the Saudis had cast blame for the incident on any country and that the damage caused was relatively minor with no casualties. In fact, the incident was so minor that the local government of Fujairah had initially denied that any “sabotage” had taken place and maintained that its port facilities were operating normally.

Only the U.S. had cast blame prior to Bolton’s statements, with the “initial assessment” of a group of U.S. military investigators rapidly concluding that Iran or “proxies sympathetic to or working for Iran” had used explosives to damage the four commercial vessels. Public evidence to support that claim has been minimal and, at times, counter to the official narrative. For instance, one of the Saudi vessels allegedly targeted, Al Marzoqah, was seen floating without any visible damage in post-attack footage taken by Sky News, even though the Saudis had claimed that the vessel had sustained “significant damage.” One U.S. official told the Associated Press that each of the four ships had sustained a 5- to 10-foot hole near or just below the water line, but only one such hole has been observed in just one of the targeted ships.

Iran has consistently denied any involvement in the incident, with Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi warning against a “conspiracy orchestrated by ill-wishers” and “adventurism by foreigners.”

However, Bolton’s Wednesday statement echoes other recent statements made by U.S. officials that sea mines — either floating mines or limpet mines, which attach magnetically to the targeted ship’s hull — were likely responsible for the relatively minor hull damage allegedly experienced by the four ships. Top U.S. military officials — such as Rear Admiral Michael Gilday, the director of the Joint Staff — have attributed the mines to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), which the Trump administration designated a terrorist organization in early April. Yet, recent events in the Persian Gulf suggest that the sea mines likely responsible for the attack may not have been of Iranian origin.

https://www.mintpressnews.com/bolton-alleges-iran-maritime-sabotage-evidence-points-elsewhere/258856/

MUCH more in this article…good read mentions Tokien Gulf

Notable: Mid air Fla. collision.

Holy Smokes! KeK This REEKS….. mid air collision, Florida, No Name ties, CNN ties

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7083649/Two-planes-collide-mid-air-crash-north-Florida.html

Notable: Aus. navy helicopter targeted by Chinese lasers.

https://www.businessinsider.com/australian-navy-pilots-hit-lasers-south-china-sea-reports-2019-5

Australian navy helicopter pilots were reportedly targeted with laser beams from fishing boats in South China Sea

Australian navy pilots were targeted with laser beams during an exercise in the South China Sea, a security analyst who observed Australia's operations said.

Euan Graham, an Asian security expert, said that pilots told him they were repeatedly targeted by laser beams as they flew, and that helicopters had to be temporarily grounded as a precaution.

He said that Australia was followed by a Chinese warship and the attacks could be be Chinese boats, as China's "approach in the South China Sea is to try to make life difficult for foreign aircraft and warships there."

US military pilots were targeted with lasers in the East China Sea last year, according to multiple reports.

China, with the powerful friends…

Notable: FBI locates more than 200 missing/exploited children.

FBI Operation Locates More Than 200 Missing/Exploited Children

From May 1 to May 24, the FBI said 231 missing and/or exploited children were located in Georgia.

ATLANTA — An operation designed to combat child exploitation and make communities safer for children heading into the summer months has produced results, according to the FBI. Through the FBI's Operation Safe Summer, or OSS, the bureau reported there were 231 missing and/or exploited children located from May 1 to May 24 in Georgia.

The end of the operation coincided with National Missing Children's Day on May 25.

The FBI Atlanta Field Office announced the results recently of OSS — a collaborative effort by 27 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies — led by the FBI's Metro Atlanta Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking (MATCH) task force.

According to the National Center for Missing Exploited Children (NCMEC):

In 2018, more than 23,500 runaways were reported to NCMEC and one in seven were likely victims of child sex trafficking.

In 2016, 11 percent of endangered runaways were believed to be involved in gangs. It is estimated as of March 2019, there were 419 missing/runaway children on the streets of the five-county Metro Atlanta region.

"Thanks to the month-long efforts of our partners, 231 children are no longer vulnerable to predators who would seek to exploit them," said Chris Hacker, special agent in charge of FBI Atlanta. "Operation Safe Summer is another example of the FBI's commitment to protecting our children before they become victims."

https://patch.com/georgia/dallas-hiram/fbi-operation-locates-more-200-missing-exploited-children

Notable: F-35 makes unplanned landing.

Air Force Times

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Notable: Q clock update. Re-read crumbs.

Q CLOCK UPDATE - RE-READ CRUMBS

Today's Q Clock :58

BOOM.

BOOM.

BOOM.

BOOM.

A WEEK TO REMEMBER.

DARK TO LIGHT.

BLACKOUT NECESSARY.

Today's :25/:55 Q Clock Mirror :52

@Jack

MZ

Your hands are dirty.

When does a bird sing?

Public awareness forces hand.

There is nothing more precious than our children.

PANIC IN [DC].

Today's 180-Degree Q Clock Mirror :28

What makes a movie GOOD?

GREAT actors?

@Snowden

Welcome to China

CEO departures.

Why was the case against AWAN filed under BANK FRAUD?

Thing IG report.

THIS IS ABOUT SAVING AMERICA. WRWY N1LB FG&C WWG1WGA!

Notable: Update on man who set himself on fire.

Man sets himself on fire near White House

Updated Details

A man lit himself on fire near the White House on Wednesday afternoon — and he was caught on video appearing to calmly stroll through a park before cops extinguished the flames. Witnesses saw the man erupt into a bright orange fireball at the Ellipse, a tourist-filled park that sits north of the Washington Monument, around 12:20 p.m. “We saw this man,” Alina Berzins, 17, who was visiting the National Mall with her two cousins, told CNBC. “He starts running, and then we saw him covered in flames.” Video shot by Berzins and posted to Twitter by her father shows the man, clad in black pants, covered head to toe in flames as he takes a slow walk across the grass near 15th Street NW and Constitution Avenue NW. “According to my daughter…she just saw a person that was on fire running across the White House lawn,” the dad, Krisjan Berzins, tweeted. “Police and rescue have responded. They’re closing all surrounding streets right now.”

Officers are seen racing over to the man, including one armed with a red fire extinguisher, and police cruisers pulling up with lights flashing. The man collapsed as he was covered with a plume of white foam, Alina Berzins said. “Everyone was in shock,” she said. “I was in shock.”

Other witnesses told Fox 5 DC that the man was wearing a sweatshirt — despite the 90-degree heat — and carrying a black bag. The shirt had writing on it but the witnesses couldn’t make out what it said. The Ellipse is a 52-acre public park that lies south of the White House. The man, who wasn’t immediately identified, was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after suffering burns to 85 percent of his body, sources told TMZ. A suspicious package that was on fire was also found in the park, near where the man was extinguished.

In a tweet, the Secret Service confirmed the attempted self-immolation. “At approximately 12:20 p.m. a man lit himself on fire on the Ellipse near 15th and Constitution Ave., Secret Service personnel are on scene assisting @NatlParkService and @usparkpolicepio in rendering first aid,” the law enforcement agency wrote.

Last month, a man in a motorized wheelchair set his jacket on fire outside the White House, prompting a security lockdown. He suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

https://nypost.com/2019/05/29/man-sets-himself-on-fire-near-white-house/

See last bread post here: >>6620435

Notable: Mayor of Sunland Park Issues Cease and Desist Order Against "We Build the Wall"

Liberal Mayor of Sunland Park Issues Cease and Desist Order Against “We Build the Wall” — Founder Brian Kolfage Responds

For months the liberal media mocked “We Build the Wall” founder and organizer Brian Kolfage and his noble plan to use private donations to help build the much-needed security wall between the US and Mexico. Brian raised over $20 million in private donations from over 260,000 individuals to build a border wall on the US southern border.

This Memorial Day Weekend the “We Build the Wall” organization built their first half mile of border wall near El Paso, Texas.

Why does someone in Mexico operate the City of Sunland Park’s government Facebook page?! Who is working with the cartels here? Call them and ask. (575) 589-7565

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/liberal-mayor-of-sunland-park-issues-cease-and-desist-order-against-we-build-the-wall-for-building-border-wall-to-protect-americavideo/

Notable: Ilhan Omar Faces Backlash for Now-Deleted Tweet About 'Merit-Based Immigration'

Ilhan Omar Faces Backlash for Now-Deleted Tweet About ‘Merit-Based Immigration’

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has sparked widespread backlash for recently suggesting that Latinos would not be able to compete in a merit-based immigration system. President Donald Trump unveiled a proposal for a major overhaul of the immigration system on May 16 that would prioritize migration based on skill and merit. The new measure would shift away from the random visa lottery and instead introduce a new points-based system that ranks candidates based on age, level of education, and technical skills. Omar took to Twitter to pan Trump’s proposal in a tweet on May 28.

“A ‘merit based’ immigration policy is fueled by racism towards the Latinx community. Our immigration policies shouldn’t be based on discrimination, fear, or bigotry. We should welcome immigrants to our country and offer a simple way to citizenship,” the freshman congresswoman wrote.

Many commentators, pundits, and politicians called out Omar for her “troubling” comments. Among them was Sen. Ted Cruz who said. “As the son of a Cuban immigrant whose Dad came to get a math degree & become a computer programmer, I’m troubled that Dems seem to believe Hispanic immigrants can’t qualify for skills-based legal immigration.” “Bringing in more scientists, engineers & doctors is good for US jobs,” he added.

Omar has since deleted the tweet. Journalist Ryan Saavedra noted the deletion while making the same observation. “Democrat Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN) just deleted this tweet where she appeared to suggest that Latinos can’t measure up in a “merit-based” immigration system,” he said. Meanwhile, conservative political commentator Michelle Malkin said, “So Ms. Smarty Pants @ilhanmn deleted her tweet, cuz she finally realized that in accusing the President of raaaaaaaaaaacism, she was sounding mighty raaaaaaaaaacist herself.”

Plenty of others on social media also weighed in on Omar’s comments. Omar said in a recent interview that she thinks the U.S. foreign policy should have a “Green New Deal”-style overhaul, claiming that she can help by bringing “the perspective of a foreigner.” “When I think about foreign policy, we need something equivalent to the Green New Deal,” Omar told Minneapolis Star-Tribune, referring to the radical climate change plan introduced by socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) that would have cost as much as $9.3 trillion per year. Omar, who currently holds a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, continued: “It’s important for me to think about what an overhaul of our foreign policy should look like from the standpoint of really thinking how it impacts those around the world, and where our values intersect with what’s happening.”

Meanwhile, Omar has repeatedly been criticized for her own anti-Semitic rhetoric, questionable comments related to other foreign policy issues such as with socialist Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, and what some have called an anti-America attitude, including Vice President Mike Pence. “Look, Ilhan Omar has made statements, antisemitic comments, statements against our most cherished ally, Israel, that ought to be rejected by every American,” Pence said during an interview with Fox and Friends. “And frankly the fact that very recently she has been trying to blame the United States of America for the deprivation and poverty brought on by the dictatorship in Venezuela.”

https://www.theepochtimes.com/ilhan-omar-faces-backlash-for-now-deleted-tweet-about-merit-based-immigration_2942171.html

Notable: New Colorado Law says Inmates can not be held at ICE Request

Colorado becoming more and more of a shithole with dem house and senate + gov

New Colorado law says inmates can’t be held at ICE request

https://kdvr.com/2019/05/29/new-colorado-law-says-inmates-cant-be-held-at-ice-request/

Notable: Dig on Samantha Powers

>>6619895 LB

Dig on Samantha Power

Have yet to check the archives on her; it's a given that she's been dug extensively in the past.

My theory is that the rabid warmonger Samantha's true loyalties lie way outside the United States, and initial research is supporting that theory. Am convinced that this neocon hawkish shrew is pure poison.

Her grandfather was a key figure within the Irish Republican Army. She's no different than Peter Strzok, with his upbringing/indoctrination coming straight from his family.

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/great-grandfather-obama-un-ambassador-saved-michael-collins

"Not bad for a girl from Dublin.

Power was born there in 1970 and at age nine immigrated to the United States. The Irish always have some skeletons in their closets. Sometimes the bones bring good news. The ambassador was shocked at what tales her skeletons had to tell.

Recently, on RTE’s Who Do You Think You Are? Power learned that she had a unique connection to revolutionary Michael Collins through her maternal great-grandfather, John Duffy. She learned on the TV show that her great-grandfather, a Royal Irish Constabulary [RIC] man in Athlone, County Westmeath, was secretly active in the Republican movement from early 1917, took orders from Collins, and even helped save him once from a British assassination attempt…. One of the reasons Collins was such a great leader is that he knew how to handle men (and women) and departmentalize his duties. In the years ahead, he would be head of the IRB, Minister for Finance, Commandant-General of the IRA, and Director of Intelligence of the IRA, just to name a few of his duties." (The entire story, and it's juicy, within the link)

More:

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/obama-advisor-power-discovers-ancestors-dangerous-secret-37344792.html

Samantha's grandfather Collins wasn't the only activist in her ancestry:

"It also reveals how her paternal grandfather, Commandant James Power, was one of the key men charged with the fine balance of keeping Irish neutrality during World War II while a specialist intelligence officer in the Army." Yeah, mustn't be seen to collaborate with the Allies. Geez.

https://www.thejournal.ie/irish-born-samantha-power-says-un-has-anti-israel-bias-998022-Jul2013/

Pushing for UN expansion of its influence during her confirmation hearings in 2013

http://www.unz.com/isteve/cass-sunstein-calls-for-an-obama-on-horseback/

Sly examination of Power's equally globalist husband, Cass Sunstein. I want to find out what Sunstein has been doing lately (requesting dig)

"Former Obama Administration official Cass Sunstein is the husband of UN Ambassador Samantha Power and the propounder of such swell ideas as the government should battle conspiracy theorists by mounting secret conspiracies to hire agents provocateur to engage in “cognitive infiltration” of conspiracy theorist websites. In 2013, Sunstein wrote a column in favor of Bowling Alone entitled “Could Bowling Leagues and the PTA Breed Nazis?”

Oh dear Lord, check this examination of the oddball Sunstein. This guy is a 10/10 nutter.

https://isteve.blogspot.com/2013/09/sunstein-could-bowling-leagues-and-pta.html

"In a saner world, Sunstein would have read over his first draft and said to himself: "You know, people are just going to laugh at my Jewish Paranoia. Better come up with something less embarrassing. I mean, I'm the guy whose wife started a war in 2011, so it would be pretty comical for me to be publicly worrying about the Bowling Nazi menace."

Gawd. This piece isn't just full of crumbs; it's an entire bakery:

http://casinocapitalism.info/Skeptics/Political_skeptic/Fifth_column/Color_revolutions/Purple_revolution_against_trump/samantha_power.shtml

"There is a special breed or neocon female warmonger in the USA – chickenhawks who feed from crumbs of military industrial complex.

"… Though Power is a big promoter of the "responsibility to protect" or "R2P" she operates with glaring selectivity in deciding who deserves protection as she advances a neocon/liberal interventionist agenda. She is turning "human rights" into an excuse not to resolve conflicts but rather to make them bloodier. …"

"… Similarly, regarding Libya, Power was one of the instigators of the U.S.-supported military intervention in 2011 which was disguised as an "R2P" mission to protect civilians in eastern Libya where dictator Muammar Gaddafi had identified the infiltration of terrorist groups. …"

"… Urged on by then-National Security Council aide Power and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obama agreed to support a military mission that quickly morphed into a "regime change" operation. Gaddafi's troops were bombed from the air and Gaddafi was eventually hunted down, tortured and murdered. …"

Notable: Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan has Pentagon's focus on China

Pentagon Nominee Focuses on China Despite Mideast Tensions

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Tensions may be high in the Middle East, but the man chosen by President Donald Trump to run the Pentagon is turning his focus to China.

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan arrived Wednesday in Asia on a high-profile weeklong trip that is intended to reinforce that China is the administration's main foreign policy priority. It comes as the U.S. deploys thousands of more troops and military assets to counter Iran in the Middle East, and will test the Pentagon nominee ahead of his expected Senate confirmation hearing.

In his five months as acting secretary, Shanahan has tried to focus on implementing a new national defense strategy that shifts away from fighting extremist groups to what he calls "great power" competition with China and Russia.

But instead, much of his time has been spent juggling a host of other issues: Iranian threats, North Korean missile launches, the ongoing war in Afghanistan, the battle against Islamic State militants, and a divisive struggle to cobble together billions of dollars for Trump's wall on the southern border.

Even as he prepared for the Asia trip, Shanahan shuttled back and forth to the White House for meetings on how much more military might he should send to the Middle East in coming weeks to protect American forces and interests from Iranian threats.

Speaking to reporters traveling with him to Asia on Wednesday, Shanahan acknowledged the competing interests, but insisted he spends "quite a bit of time" on China issues.

"Implementation of the national defense strategy is my top priority," he said, adding that the department has "the capacity to spin a lot of plates."

Trump has not yet sent Shanahan's formal nomination as defense chief to Capitol Hill, but he is expected to do so in the coming days. If that happens, the Senate could hold a hearing and vote on Shanahan's confirmation some time later next month.

The acting defense chief's Asia trip will take him to Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and Singapore, where he will attend the Shangri-La Dialogue, a national security conference. And he said it will give him a week "solely dedicated to the issues of the region."

One key meeting at the Singapore conference will be with Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe. For the first time since 2011, China is sending a top level leader to Shangri-La, and it's unclear what triggered the change.

Observers suggest the move underscores Beijing's desire to re-engage with neighbors in the region, perhaps at a time it believes the U.S. is distracted by strains in the Middle East and hampered a bit by Shanahan's status as acting secretary.

Asked about his goals for the meeting, Shanahan said he wants to identify areas where the two nations can cooperate, and "talk about things that I think are important for us to be transparent and candid about."

Tensions between Washington and Beijing have spiked in recent months, as the Trump administration set off a trade war with China, raising tariffs on billions of dollars of imports. The U.S. also sanctioned Chinese tech giant Huawei and approved a weapons sale to Taiwan, the self-ruled island the Communist mainland claims as its own territory.

Two U.S. government reports this year criticized China over its militarization of manmade islands in the South China Sea and its continued campaign to steal high-tech trade secrets from defense programs. And defense intelligence officials expressed worries that China's growing military might could lead to an attack against Taiwan.

Shanahan has repeatedly signaled that he believes America's most pressing security problem is China's rapidly growing military.

It is not a new theme. Several of his predecessors pursued what the Obama administration called a "pivot" to the Pacific, all aimed at countering China's growing prominence in the region.

But Shanahan sees it as an increasingly urgent and long-ignored problem, and his proposed budget includes billions of dollars in new programs designed to keep pace with China's strides in hypersonic weapons, nuclear technology and space launches.

A senior U.S. official said there is a lot going on in the world now, and Shanahan's weeklong trip demonstrates that Asia is a priority for the administration. The U.S. will also release a new report in conjunction with the visit, to lay out what the department has done so far to implement the defense strategy.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/05/29/pentagon-nominee-focuses-china-despite-mideast-tensions.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1559151853

Notable: "The fun is only getting started!" U.S. Navy tweets to stay tuned for #NavyWeek

>>6620103 The fun is only getting started! Be sure to follow all the events happening during #NavyWeek

@USNavy

https://twitter.com/USNavy/status/1133751097498263558

Notable: >>6620182 Bolton claims recent maritime sabotage "almost certainly from Iran", evidence points elsewhere

Bolton Alleges Iran Maritime Sabotage But Evidence Points Elsewhere

The accusations against Iran come only weeks after US mine-laying ships and divers ran drills in the same area that the alleged sabotage incidents took place.

ABU DHABI, U.A.E. — On Wednesday, National Security Advisor John Bolton told a group of reporters in Abu Dhabi that “naval mines almost certainly from Iran” had been used to conduct the alleged “sabotage” attack on four commercial vessels off the coast of the United Arab Emirates’ port of Fujairah earlier this month. “There is no doubt in anybody’s mind in Washington who is responsible for this and I think it’s important that the leadership in Iran know that we know,” Bolton continued, providing no evidence for his claim.

Bolton is currently in Abu Dhabi ahead of an “emergency” summit scheduled for Thursday in Saudi Arabia, where top U.S. and allied Arab officials will “discuss the implications of the tanker attacks, and drone strikes two days later, on oil pumping stations in the kingdom.”

The murkiness that still surrounds what caused this tanker “sabotage,” as well as the very limited extent of the alleged damage, suggests that this poorly executed incident either did not go as planned or that it was a freak accident that has now been manipulated for weeks by the U.S. and its regional allies for political gain. However, Iran is far from being the clear culprit, especially given that three foreign militaries — including the U.S. Navy — concluded a mine warfare naval drill just weeks before the “sabotage” incident occurred.

MintPress previously reported on the tanker “sabotage” attacks soon after they occurred and noted that neither the UAE or the Saudis had cast blame for the incident on any country and that the damage caused was relatively minor with no casualties. In fact, the incident was so minor that the local government of Fujairah had initially denied that any “sabotage” had taken place and maintained that its port facilities were operating normally.

Only the U.S. had cast blame prior to Bolton’s statements, with the “initial assessment” of a group of U.S. military investigators rapidly concluding that Iran or “proxies sympathetic to or working for Iran” had used explosives to damage the four commercial vessels. Public evidence to support that claim has been minimal and, at times, counter to the official narrative. For instance, one of the Saudi vessels allegedly targeted, Al Marzoqah, was seen floating without any visible damage in post-attack footage taken by Sky News, even though the Saudis had claimed that the vessel had sustained “significant damage.” One U.S. official told the Associated Press that each of the four ships had sustained a 5- to 10-foot hole near or just below the water line, but only one such hole has been observed in just one of the targeted ships.

Iran has consistently denied any involvement in the incident, with Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi warning against a “conspiracy orchestrated by ill-wishers” and “adventurism by foreigners.”

https://www.mintpressnews.com/bolton-alleges-iran-maritime-sabotage-evidence-points-elsewhere/258856/

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Notable: Some info on accusations of POTUS allegedly operating a server linked to Alfa Bank

The Trump 'Secret Server' Hoax Was a Subplot of the DNC Spygate Strategy to Foment the Russia Collusion Conspiracy

The “secret Trump-Alfa Bank servers communication” is a piece of Spygate that demonstrates the mechanics of the operation. It also shows that the Steele report was purely a product of Fusion GPS, manufactured to support and/or exploit DNC public messaging and FBI/CIA operations against the Trump campaign. No intelligence collection was involved in the “Steele dossier” preparation.

This hoax was executed by DNC contractors — the Perkins Coie law firm and Fusion GPS (with the aid of the DNC loyalists in the FBI) between August and October of 2016. Somebody connected to the DNC and/or Fusion GPS produced an “oppo research” report alleging that Trump was communicating with “Putin-tied Alfa Bank” through a secret server with the DNS logs purportedly confirming that.

The claims are obvious nonsense, both the technical part and the legend of the non-partisan origin of the “research.” But Fusion GPS injected purported evidence (alleged “Alpha” Bank-Putin connections) into the Steele report, which was widely disseminated within the intelligence community and the media. Purported “DNS logs” evidence was injected by Perkins Coie directly into the FBI, and by Fusion GPS into the media. The FBI investigated these “leads” and leaked that information. The media reported what Fusion GPS pitched, although many expressed skepticism about it. But that was enough to create an echo chamber.

The DNS Logs

Amongst all the hoaxes created and promoted by the DNC and its contractors (Fusion GPS, CrowdStrike, and Perkins Coie), the “Trump server talking to Alfa Bank server” is the most obviously absurd one. It was so absurd that even the Washington Post rejected it. Nevertheless, the FBI investigated and refused to call it out as a hoax, and probably used it as a pretext to wiretap Trump Tower. Mueller also used this hoax and its accompanying fake oppo research, mentioning the family of Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos to harass her brother, Erik Prince.

https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-trump-secret-server-hoax-was-a-subplot-of-the-dnc-spygate-strategy-to-foment-the-russia-collusion-conspiracy/

Notable: Qatar PM to attend Arab Emergency Summit on Regional Security in Mecca

Qatar PM to make rare trip to Saudi Arabia for emergency summit

DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar’s prime minister will attend an Arab summit in Saudi Arabia to discuss regional security, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, the highest level Qatari official to visit the kingdom during a diplomatic rift. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt imposed an economic and diplomatic boycott on Qatar in June 2017 over allegations that Doha supports terrorism, a charge Qatar denies.

The emergency summit in Mecca, Islam’s holiest city, on Thursday will discuss tensions with Iran following attacks on oil tankers off the coast of the United Arab Emirates and drone strikes on oil pumping stations in Saudi Arabia, both of which Tehran denies involvement in.

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani had received an invitation from Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud earlier this week to attend both the summit of Gulf Arab rulers and a wider meeting of Arab leaders. Foreign ministry spokeswoman Lolwah Al-Khater said in a tweet that Prime Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser Al Thani would attend the summits, writing that the region’s quickly escalating tensions made high-level participation a “national and humanitarian duty to achieve collective security”.

The United States has been trying to unify the Gulf bloc in order to confront Iran, although it was not immediately clear whether the visit was a sign of a thaw in the two-year dispute. U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said on Wednesday that naval mines “almost certainly from Iran” were used to attack the tankers, and warned Tehran against conducting new operations.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gulf-qatar-saudi/qatar-pm-to-make-rare-trip-to-saudi-arabia-for-emergency-summit-idUSKCN1SZ277?il=0

Notable: Bernie Sanders: "I will support an Impeachment Inquiry"

Bernie Sanders: ‘I Will Support an Impeachment Inquiry

Democrat presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (VT) said Wednesday he would support an impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Sanders statement was in response to remarks by Special Counsel Robert Mueller earlier in the day at the Justice Department about the closing of his investigation into President Trump and Russian influence operations on the 2016 election.

“Given the reality that we have a president who believes he is above the law, Congress must continue its investigations. If the House Judiciary Committee deems it necessary, I will support their decision to open an impeachment inquiry.”

Sanders has been reluctant to call for Trump’s impeachment. Sanders tip-toed up to impeachment last week, as reported by Politico:

“I do understand where House members are coming from. And you’ve got this guy who is refusing to respect the Constitution, equal powers, and is rejecting requests for members of the administration to come forward,” the 2020 Democratic White House hopeful said on CNN.

“So, you know, I think it may be time at least to begin the process through the Judiciary Committee to determine whether or not there are impeachment proceedings.”

Sanders is in second place in the Democrat presidential race at 20 percent according to a Morning Consult poll released Tuesday. Former Vice President Joe Biden leads with 38 percent. The rest of the field is in single digits.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/bernie-sanders-i-will-support-an-impeachment-inquiry/

They can't impeach as they know it will fail as the need bipartisan support, but by keeping it as an ongoing narrative they are trying to buy time to start a war

Notable: Another case of "wrong medication"? Depression played role in Parkrose High Case

see what happens when they're taken alive? now the question gets asked: what is it about all these kids? what's wrong upstairs? it's about changing the narrative and getting people help, prior focus on GUNSGUNSGUNS just gets people to buy more guns and hate more guns and fuels hatred, pure hatred for everybody:

these people are [legit] sick

as in not depraved (though surely there's that too), but they're people who need mental health help, need the old brain massage

"Granados-Diaz had a single round in his shotgun while on campus and wasn’t carrying any other weapons or ammunition with him, police said. He didn’t fire the gun while at the school."

https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2019/05/depression-played-part-in-parkrose-high-school-student-bringing-shotgun-to-class-lawyer-says.html

Notable: Pope states he "knows nothing" about McCarrick’s serial homosexual abuse

I know nothing.

https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2019/05/28/pope-breaks-silence-on-mccarrick-i-knew-nothing-nothing-nothing/?fbclid=IwAR1UvG6yYsGWa8mQB8eOqlSiP0L_52Ivfs4WB_uNmHwEcpSTTk_updyo2UM

Notable: Judicial Watch uncovers [HRC] had been warned about CommSec twice by Diplomatic Security Official

Judicial Watch: Former Asst. Sec. of State for Diplomatic Security Testifies Under Oath that He Warned Hillary Clinton Twice About Unsecure BlackBerrys and Personal Emails

‘They had come from the campaign trail and they were … wedded to their BlackBerrys … They wanted to be able to have them at their desks where they were working, and they weren’t allowed to have that’ – Eric Boswell

(Washington, DC)– Judicial Watch today released the deposition transcript of Eric Boswell, the former Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security during Hillary Clinton’s tenure as Secretary of State, in which he reveals that Hillary Clinton was warned twice against using unsecure BlackBerrys and personal emails to transmit classified material. A full transcript of the deposition is available here.

Boswell, who was responsible for securing classified and national security information, stated that Clinton and her staff were “wedded to their BlackBerrys.” Additionally, he stated that he and other former State Department employees “were surprised” that Clinton used clintonemail.com to conduct official government business.

In his deposition, Ambassador Boswell stated:

Hillary Clinton and other Senior State Department officials were warned in 2009 that “any unclassified Blackberry is highly vulnerable in any setting to remotely and covertly monitoring conversations, retrieving emails and exploiting calendars.”

Clinton was warned again in 2011 that “We also urge Department users to minimize the use of personal web email for business, as some compromised home systems have been reconfigured by these actors to automatically forward copies of all composed emails to an undisclosed recipient.”

Clinton assured him that she “gets it” when he informed her about dangers of Blackberries.

Clinton and her staff were “wedded to their blackberries” and wanted to continue using them in secure areas even after warning because it was a “convenience issue” to them.

He and other former State Department employees “were surprised” to learn that Clinton used clintonemail.com to conduct official government business. Boswell claimed that they were not aware of such activity while still employed by the government.

Boswell was deposed as part of the discovery granted to Judicial Watch by U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth in response to its Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s unsecured, non-government email system (Judicial Watch v. U.S. Department of State (No. 1:14-cv-01242)).

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-former-asst-sec-of-state-for-diplomatic-security-testifies-under-oath-that-he-warned-hillary-clinton-twice-about-unsecure-blackberrys-and-personal-emails/

Notable: Recommendations Issued by DOJ's OIG That Were Not Closed As of March 31, 2019 (Anons, digging needed)

Recommendations Issued by the Office of the Inspector General That Were Not Closed As of March 31, 2019

https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2019/r190529.pdf

Notable: >>6619469 Investigative Summary on FBI Deputy Assistant Director

>>6619423

>https://www.oversight.gov/node/18950

It's one page..pictured here:

https://www.oversight.gov/sites/default/files/oig-reports/f190529.pdf

Notable: DOJ IG reveals high ranking FBI official leaked to media "rampantly"

So, in other words, if you work for the FBI and are in senior management it is totally OK to break the law and FBI regs by:

- Unauthorized Leaking of sealed info

- Violate FBI policy with no fear of repercussions

- Contempt of court

It is good to be in the elite. The rules only apply to the little people with no badges. This is so wrong…

The OIG investigation concluded that the DAD engaged in misconduct when the DAD: (1) disclosed to the media the existence of information that had been filed under seal in federal court, in violation of 18 USC § 401, Contempt of Court; (2) provided without authorization FBI law enforcement sensitive information to reporters on multiple occasions; and (3) had dozens of official contacts with the media without authorization, in violation of FBI policy.

https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1133773541449637888

Notable: Current Facebook outages mostly hit US & EU (map)

Facebook outages grow

EU being hit with outages as well.

https://outage.report/facebook

Notable: Uber to use bad rider's rating to deactivate accounts

China's social credit program is here folks.

https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/uber-to-deactivate-accounts-of-riders-with-low-ratings-052919.html

Notable: U.S. Gang Members Arrested in Tijuana with Bazooka, Meth.

U.S. Gang Members Arrested in Tijuana with Bazooka, Meth

Two U.S.-based street gang members working for the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG) were arrested in Tijuana over the weekend wearing cloned uniforms and carrying a light anti-armor weapon (LAW). Both were turned over to investigative personnel from the federal attorney general’s office.

Tijuana municipal police patrolling in colonia Nuevo Milenio observed a vehicle whose occupants were not wearing seat belts Sunday. Officers later noticed that both the driver and passenger were dressed in uniforms worn by the Special Operations Group of the Tijuana municipal police and the Mexican Army, according to local media reports.

Suspicions rose when police noticed insignias were missing from the uniforms. The vehicle occupants also could not furnish official credentials. Both men were detained and a search of the vehicle was performed, which led to the discovery of a light anti-armor weapon intended for targeting tanks. Officers also discovered an undisclosed amount of methamphetamine.

Upon questioning, it was determined that both were U.S.-based gang members from California. One was identified as a Logan Heights member from San Diego–which is a Mexican-American clique founded in the 1960s and has a history of working for the Tijuana Cartel (Cártel Arellano Félix-CAF). The Tijuana Cartel is currently aligned with the Cártel Jalisco Nueva Generación (CJNG), which are engaged in a bitter turf war with the Sinaloa Cartel. The second gang member is reportedly from Tijuana but is believed to also be an active gang member in the United States. Both displayed common Mexican-American street gang tattoos, according to Breitbart News law enforcement sources.

The Logan Heights gangs were implicated in the botched 1993 assassination of Joaquín Guzmán Loera aka “El Chapo” in Guadalajara, which instead killed a Roman Catholic cardinal in a case of mistaken identity. Six suspected San Diego-based gang members were arrested. An additional 30 Logan Heights gang members were believed to have served as soldiers for the Arellano Félix brothers of the Tijuana Cartel.

https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/05/29/u-s-gang-members-arrested-in-tijuana-with-bazooka-meth/

Notable: Whistleblower award for NYSE fine goes to HFT critic

>>6617934 lb U.S. exchanges must face renewed high-frequency trading claims: judge

Whistleblower award for NYSE fine goes to HFT critic

Eric Hunsader gets payout from the SEC

Eric Hunsader, a vocal critic of high-frequency traders, said the Securities and Exchange Commission is sending him a $750,000 whistleblower award.

On Jan. 15 the SEC confirmed it would pay “more than $700,000” to a whistleblower that had provided the “independent analysis as well as independent knowledge of securities law violations” that led to a $5 million fine for the New York Stock Exchange in 2012. Hunsader showed MarketWatch a letter from the SEC that confirmed the approval of his award and told MarketWatch he was the recipient of a pending award for the tip that led to the NYSE fine. By law, the SEC does not publicly identify the whistleblower’s name or the company that was subject to the order. The notice to Hunsader on Monday also said the time period for all other potential claimants to appeal the SEC decision on the same issue had expired.

A spokeswoman from the SEC declined comment on the whistleblower award.

The SEC fined the NYSE and its parent NYSE Euronext, a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange ICE, -0.09% , in 2012 for violating Regulation NMS over an extended period of time beginning in 2008. The NYSE sent trade prices and details through two of its proprietary feeds before sending that data to the consolidated feeds that provide trade and quote data to the public, according to the SEC.

This is the first whistleblower award by the SEC under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 to reward an independent third party for analysis of a potential securities law violation, a model prompted by the experience of an unsuccessful outsider, Madoff whistleblower Harry Markopolos.

Hunsader said his firm, Nanex, originally discovered the issue on the day of the flash crash, May 6, 2010.

Referring to the SEC’s current market data analyzing tool, Midas, Hunsader said it would be unlikely that the agency would be able to spot the issue again using it.

“You could do it with Midas but not out of the box. You would really have to know what you’re doing. So, I would say no, they can’t do what we did,” he said.

Hunsader noted he gave the information to the SEC and published it on his site before a whistleblower award rule was even in effect.

“The office wasn’t even set up but the Dodd-Frank law passed the day before. I gave it to them on July 22 and the whistleblower office opened up a year later,” he said.

He also said he told the NYSE directly, but they told him he was not a member.

A spokeswoman from the New York Stock Exchange declined to comment on whether Hunsader brought the issue to them first.

Hunsader had some advice to would-be whistleblowers, especially other outsiders trying to tell regulators about an issue based on their own original analysis.

“It doesn’t matter if an algorithm is ripping off the market, for example, you have to prove intent. You better be absolutely sure you can prove intent. The SEC had a good piece of evidence to go confidently to the NYSE ,” said Hunsader. “You could not refute it. It only took three charts. I told them, ‘There’s nothing more you need from me.’”

Hunsader said he thinks his information was taken seriously by the regulator because of an introduction from another regulator.

Hunsader also praised Mark Donohue, who was the assistant director in the SEC’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations at the time.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/whistleblower-award-for-nyse-fine-goes-to-hft-critic-2016-03-01

'''Plese visit this site for many articles from this firm. At the forefront of exposing this practice.

The SEC just did not give a shit. All they had to do was follow-up on the original three charts sent to them. They chose not to.

Some samples at this site

July 14, 2015 : HFT Hot Potato 2 - The Treasury Flash Crash

March 18, 2015 : U.S. Dollar Flash Crash

Oct. 28, 2014 : Record Treasury Futures Trades

http://www.nanex.net/NxResearch/ResearchPage/0/?sort_val=date

http://www.nanex.net/NxResearch/ResearchPage/0/?sort_val=date

Notable: Mueller just proved his entire op was a political hit job

https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/29/mueller-just-proved-his-entire-operation-was-a-political-hit-job-that-trampled-the-rule-of-law/

Notable: EU Council Chief Brags Brexit Was ‘Vaccine’ Against Euroscepticism

EU Council Chief Brags Brexit Was ‘Vaccine’ Against Euroscepticism

Roadblocks to delivering Brexit have acted as a “vaccine” against Euroscepticism in the European Parliament elections, Donald Tusk has said.

While populist, pro-national sovereignty parties made some significant gains in last week’s elections, the European Council chief bragged that the bloc still boasted “a pro-European majority” in parliament.

“The vast majority voted for a more effective, stronger and united EU while rejecting those who want a weak Europe,” he told a news conference Tuesday. “This is powerful sign. Europe is the winner in these elections.”

“I have no doubt that one of the reasons why people on the continent voted for a pro-European majority is also Brexit,” Tusk said, speaking after a meeting at which EU leaders discussed who they wanted to see fill Brussels’ most powerful positions.

“As Europeans see what Brexit means in practice they also draw conclusions,” the Polish Eurocrat stated, asserting that issues Britain has been faced with since the 2016 referendum took place have acted as “a vaccine against anti-EU propaganda and fake news.”

These latest comments from Tusk, who previously proclaimed there was a “special place in hell” waiting for UK politicians who backed Brexit, echoed sentiments recently expressed by the outgoing European Commission chief, Jean-Claude Juncker.

In a speech declaring his disdain for “stupid nationalists” in contrast to his love towards “[populations] coming from far away”, the former leader of Luxembourg appeared to suggest the EU’s negotiations with Britain had succeeded in warning other nations in Europe that Brussels would make leaving the bloc as difficult as possible.

“The number of those in favour of the European Union is increasing because people are watching what is happening and they are seeing that leaving the European Union is not as easy as they were told,” Juncker said last week.

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/05/29/eu-brags-brexit-vaccine-euroscepticism/

Notable: Democratic leadership sidestep impeachment calls after Mueller press conference

Democratic leadership sidestep impeachment calls after Mueller press conference

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi remained mum Wednesday about the prospect of President Trump's impeachment. The California Democrat's resistance against some members of her conference to begin proceedings to forcibly remove Trump from office comes after special counsel Robert Mueller faced the press regarding the federal Russia investigation.

“Special Counsel Mueller made clear that he did not exonerate the President when he stated, ‘If we had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so,'" the speaker, 79, said in a statement. "He stated that the decision not to indict stemmed directly from the Department of Justice’s policy that a sitting President cannot be indicted. Despite Department of Justice policy to the contrary, no one is above the law — not even the President."

Pelosi, however, said Congress "holds sacred its constitutional responsibility to investigate" and keep Trump "accountable for his abuse of power." She also pushed election reforms passed by the House in March, which have yet to be considered by the Republican-controlled Senate. Pelosi's reticence toward impeachment was parroted in Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's statement, who additionally said congressional oversight should continue "without interference or stonewalling."

“Mr. Mueller made clear today that the Russians interfered in our elections, the wellspring of our democracy. If President Trump and Congress don’t do anything, it will be worse in 2020 and yet, inexplicably, Sen. McConnell and the Republicans in the Senate are blocking bipartisan election security legislation, despite Democrats’ repeated calls to protect our democracy from interference — by Russia or any other foreign adversary," the New York Democrat said. While House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., indicated Wednesday he supports probes of Trump, his 2016 campaign, and the president's business dealings, a high-ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary panel joined the growing chorus advocating for Nadler to take next steps toward Trump's ouster. "The next step is for the House Judiciary Committee to open an impeachment inquiry to formally begin consideration of whether or not articles of impeachment should be filed," Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., wrote in series of tweets. "The opening of this inquiry will allow the Committee to collect evidence, compel the attendance of witnesses, and decide how to proceed."

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democratic-leadership-sidestep-impeachment-calls-after-mueller-press-conference

Notable: Brennan: Mueller's public address amplifies 'cry for impeachment'

John Brennan: Robert Mueller's public address amplifies 'cry for impeachment

Former CIA Director John Brennan said special counsel Robert Mueller's public message Wednesday will escalate calls for impeaching President Trump. “I think Bob Mueller’s public statement today is going to give momentum to those who want to move forward with impeachment hearings,” Brennan said on MSNBC. “I think there can be no doubt about Mr. Mueller’s message that the obstruction of justice issue is not resolved, and that there needs to be follow-up action on it.” “I do think it’s going to give some additional momentum to them, whether or not they’re going to decide to do it,” the vocal Trump critic added. "This is not just a legal issue, it’s a political issue and obviously there are political considerations. I think the cry for impeachment is going to increase, and it’s going to be interesting to see how the White House and Mr. Trump reacts to a very clear, and I believe, very pointed statement by Bob Mueller.”

In his first and only public address about his 22-month-long Russia investigation, Mueller refused to clear Trump of obstruction of justice even though he declined to make a determination on the matter. "As set forth in the report after that investigation, if we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a crime we would have said so," he said. Citing longstanding Department of Justice policy, Mueller said charging a sitting president with a crime was not an option his team could consider and noted that charging Trump would be unconstitutional. Attorney General William Barr said he and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein concluded there was insufficient evidence to establish a crime.

Some Democrats, including Sen. Kamala Harris, immediately seized on the speech by calling for impeachment. "What Robert Mueller basically did was return an impeachment referral. Now it is up to Congress to hold this president accountable. We need to start impeachment proceedings. It's our constitutional obligation," the 2020 candidate tweeted. Rank-and-file Democrats in the House have been pressuring a resistant leadership to pursue impeachment proceedings against Trump, emboldened by the release of Mueller's report, which laid out 10 instances of possible obstruction of justice that his team examined. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed back on these calls, saying last week that Trump "wants to be impeached" so that a Republican-controlled Senate can vindicate him. Instead, leadership prefers to focus on a bevy of investigations looking into Trump, his finances, and his inner circle.

Trump reacted to Mueller's address by insisting he is in the clear. "Nothing changes from the Mueller Report. There was insufficient evidence and therefore, in our Country, a person is innocent. The case is closed! Thank you," he tweeted.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/john-brennan-robert-muellers-public-address-amplifies-cry-for-impeachment

Notable: PANIC IN UK - BBC setting up for "Trump is guilty but can't be prosecuted" narrative.

PANIC IN UK - BBC setting up for "Trump is guilty but can't be prosecuted" narrative.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-48450534

>He reiterated that his report did not exonerate the president and that legal guidelines prevent the indictment of a sitting president.

Notable: Speaker Pelosi On Mueller’s Comments: “The Congress will continue to investigate.”

Speaker Pelosi On Special Counsel Mueller’s Comments: “The Congress will continue to investigate.”

Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement after Special Counsel Mueller made a press statement reiterating the extent of Russian efforts to disrupt our elections and that President Trump was not exonerated of obstructing the Trump-Russia investigation:

“It is with the greatest respect for Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the deepest disappointment in the Department of Justice holding the President above the law, that I thank Special Counsel Mueller for the work he and his team did to provide a record for future action both in the Congress and in the courts regarding the Trump Administration involvement in Russian interference and obstruction of the investigation.

“Special Counsel Mueller made clear that he did not exonerate the President when he stated, ‘If we had confidence that the President clearly did not commit a crime, we would have said so.’ He stated that the decision not to indict stemmed directly from the Department of Justice’s policy that a sitting President cannot be indicted. Despite Department of Justice policy to the contrary, no one is above the law – not even the President.

“The Special Counsel’s report revealed that the President’s campaign welcomed Russian interference in the election, and laid out eleven instances of the President’s obstruction of the investigation. The Congress holds sacred its constitutional responsibility to investigate and hold the President accountable for his abuse of power.

“The Congress will continue to investigate and legislate to protect our elections and secure our democracy. The American people must have the truth. We call upon the Senate to pass H.R. 1, the For The People Act, to protect our election systems.

“We salute Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team for his patriotic duty to seek the truth.”

https://breaking911.com/just-in-speaker-pelosi-issues-statement-following-special-counsel-muellers-comments/

Notable: Breaking: Julian Assange 'can't hold a normal conversation'

Fuck. This isn’t good…

Notable: MSM Mueller Spin Propaganda Being Forced Down People’s Throats

Are u fucking kidding me??? They’re sending this out to phones?? I never opted in for these fucking notifications?

This is such horse shit. Trump needs to let the moab fly pronto. This is absurd.

Notable: >>6618693 James Comey instagram; 'Earn This'

Ummm…. “earn this” ???

https://www.instagram.com/comey/

Notable: Massive fire destroys historic Ambassador Hotel in Dallas. Anon calls for dig.

Guise – got a solid dig for ya.

May 28 2019

Massive fire destroys historic Ambassador Hotel in Dallas

The Ambassador Hotel opened in 1904 and was considered to be the oldest remaining luxury hotel in Dallas. It’s a Texas historic landmark.

It has sat vacant for the last 4 years after developer Jim Lake purchased the hotel in 2015 from the Christian organization [CULT] IBLP - The Institute in Basic Life Principles based in Chicago.

The IBLP created by Bill Gothard in 1961 and it is SCANDALOUS. He resigned in 2014 after more than 30 women made sexual harassment and molestation claims against him.

Remember the Duggers on TLC – 19 and counting? IBLP members. The older brother admitted to sexual abuse of young girls including several of his sisters….

Didn’t have to dig far to find they were also selling their “Yarra Training facility” in Melbourne, Australia in 2017 for $6 million – and this sentence summed it all up for me.

The lawsuit alleges that IBLP is liquidating its assets and calls for a trust to be established to ensure alleged victims can be compensated.

The timing of this fire is suspicious at best considering the Dallas police raided the Catholic diocese and their storage facility 13 DAYS AGO for missing and incomplete sex abuse files.

I hope the authorities to look very closely at the cause of this fire… but it’s gonna be tough since the wrecking ball conveniently took the ruins down this morning.

Notable: Mad Maxine demands on twatter POTUS resign, so they don't have to impeach.

https://twitter.com/RepMaxineWaters/status/1133523174623240193

Low life Trump - lying, crooked, tax evader, porn star fornicator - should take his ridiculous self home, resign, and free us of what we will have to do to impeach him and throw him out of office!

Maxine Waters

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Notable: Dept Of Homeland Security tweet: Human trafficking is happening everywhere.

Dept. Of Homeland Security tweeted:

It's happening EVERYWHERE.

https://twitter.com/DHSBlueCampaign/status/1133768814636732417

Notable: Twatter BNL News; Man sets himself on fire in front of White House. >>6618822 (Video)

https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1133783770396549121

Notable: U.S. Marines Deleted/Replaced Tweet

U.S. Marines Deleted/Replaced Tweet:

https://twitter.com/USMC/status/1133726156279242757

Notable: Happy birthday JFK - Never forgotton o7

Rest in peace Mr. President, through your wisdom and strength, since your tragic death, Patriots have planned, installed, and by the grace of God, activated, the beam of LIGHT. We will forever remember your sacrifice. May you look down from above and continue to guide us as we ring the bell of FREEDOM and destroy those who wish to sacrifice our children, our way of life, and our world. We, the PEOPLE.

Happy Birthday, John Fitzgerald Kennedy

May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963

Never forgotten

Where we go one, WE GO ALL

Notable: Trump Campaign statement on Mueller's remarks

https://twitter.com/MattWolking/status/1133771140923613184?s=19

Notable: Amash twat - The Ball is in our court, Congress

Hey look, its faggot.

Notable: Jim Jordan Tweet: Same conclusions…nothing new"-939 ref

939… humm

https://twitter.com/Jim_Jordan/status/1133763179220221953?s=19

Notable: Sarah Carter Retweet and Comment-"Agree whole heartedly…"

Look at Sarah’s retweet & comment!

Something is up folks!

She retweeted Matt Schlapp

“A bizarre presser from Mueller. Nothing new just now will have video of similar conclusions. Something does not add up here folks.”

Notable: WH Tweet-Today marks President John F. Kennedy's 102nd Birthday-o7!

https://twitter.com/WhiteHouseHstry/status/1133764285493071872

Notable: Gingrich Tweet: Not guilty then innocent- Reference to Starr/Clinton as well

I O U…

Newt code talking

https://twitter.com/newtgingrich/status/1133763813164093442?s=19

Notable: U.S. exchanges must face renewed high-frequency trading claims: judge

U.S. exchanges must face renewed high-frequency trading claims: judge

New York (Reuters) - A Manhattan federal judge has ordered seven U.S. stock exchanges to face proposed class-action claims that they defrauded ordinary investors by quietly enabling high-frequency traders to trade faster and at better prices.

U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman on Tuesday said claims against BATS Global Markets, Nasdaq, the New York Stock Exchange and other defendants had “nudged themselves across the line from conceivable to plausible” and should not be dismissed.

Furman had dismissed the claims in 2015, saying the exchanges were absolutely immune from liability, but a federal appeals court overturned that finding in December 2017.

The exchanges were accused of violating federal securities law by developing and selling high-priced services to provide advantages to favored high-frequency trading customers, while concealing these services from ordinary investors.

High-frequency traders were allegedly afforded access to enhanced data feeds, a greater ability to process complex orders, and permission to locate their servers near the exchanges’ own servers so trading signals would be sent faster.

Investors claimed they lost money as a result of the exchanges’ manipulative conduct.

“A manipulation complaint must plead with particularity the nature, purpose, and effect of the fraudulent conduct and the roles of the defendants,” Furman wrote. “Plaintiffs’ complaint … does just that.”

The investors were led by the city of Providence, Rhode Island, pension plans for the city of Boston and the Virgin Islands, and the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Fund, court papers show.

Lawyers for the exchanges did not immediately respond on Wednesday to requests for comment. The investors’ lawyers did not immediately respond to similar requests.

High-frequency traders, who use computer algorithms to gain split-second trading advantages, were the subject of Michael Lewis’ 2014 best-seller “Flash Boys.”

BATS is now owned by CBOE Global Markets Inc, while the NYSE is part of Intercontinental Exchange Inc.

The case is In re Barclays Liquidity Cross and High Frequency Trading Litigation, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, No. 14-md-02589.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-high-frequency-trading-lawsuit/u-s-exchanges-must-face-renewed-high-frequency-trading-claims-judge-idUSKCN1SZ1XO

Notable: Head of ODNI CTIIC will speaking @ Aspen Institute today

https://twitter.com/ODNIgov/status/1133763974946861057?s=19

Timing

Notable: >>6618275 Last Day on the Clock: POTUS Christmas tweet

Last Day On The Clock.

POTUS Christmas tweet:

"Today is a day that I’ve been looking very much forward to ALL YEAR LONG. It is one that you have heard me speak about many times before."

Double meanings exist.

Notable: Nadler Tweet-Taking the bait implores congress to move forward

BREAKING: Rep. Jerry Nadler says in statement on Mueller statement: "Given that Special Counsel Mueller was unable to pursue criminal charges against the President, it falls to Congress to respond to the crimes, lies and other wrongdoing of President Trump – and we will do so."

1o:40 AM - 29 May 2019 CST

https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1133759989347180549

Notable: New PDJT

new DJT tweet

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1133759237136494592

Notable: Planefag report

Cowboys

People talking of cowboys and this popped up on the screen.

Managed to corral OK1, kek.

Botswana Defence Force VIP plane coming in from the Atlantic.

Notable: Trump administration proposes new rules to punish currency manipulators

Trump administration proposes new rules to punish currency manipulators

The US government is proposing regulatory amendments that would give it new firepower against countries it thinks are artificially weakening their currencies.

The new trade policy tool, if enacted, would enable the government to raise tariffs to protect sectors it deems are being harmed by deliberately undervalued foreign currencies.

At the moment, US-based companies can request “countervailing duty” relief if they feel they are being harmed by a foreign subsidy

https://www.centralbanking.com/central-banks/currency/4226961/trump-administration-proposes-new-rules-to-punish-currency-manipulators

Notable: “Yellow Vest” Facebook group with 350,000 members frozen on European election day

“Yellow Vest” Facebook group with 350,000 members frozen on European election day

On Sunday, polling day in the European elections, the largest Facebook group associated with the “yellow vest” protests in France, with more than 350,000 members, was frozen so that members could not publish or share information in it.

The group, named “France in anger—Map of rallies” (France en colère—Carte des rassemblements), is used by its members to organize locations for “yellow vest” demonstrations against the Emmanuel Macron government and to share news articles, political statements and videos of police violence.

At 12:29 p.m. on Sunday, one of the group’s administrators posted a notice informing members that “following automatic changes introduced by Facebook beginning on May 6, 2019, notifications for Yellow Vest groups hardly appear, giving the impression of inactivity of the movement.” The message provided instructions for members to manually override the changes introduced by Facebook to show notifications for new activity.

The administrators further announced that “we have been encountering major technical difficulties since this morning,” without providing further information. “We are not able to find a durable solution at present. We are therefore taking the delicate decision to put the group on pause. We hope for a resolution of the situation at the end of the evening.” The freeze lasted until the early hours of yesterday morning.

In a Facebook group, every member can post material to the group’s feed, which is visible to every other member. Many group members posted comments in response to the announcement opposing Facebook’s act of censorship. Some said they were able to add comments to existing posts, but could not publish or share posts.

“In effect, I made the change as indicated because it seemed that no one was commenting. Long live Facebook’s censorship,” said one. “I’m sure that Facebook is intentionally disrupting this group,” said another. “Impossible to publish and therefore to inform,” replied a third.

https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/72931/yellow-vest-facebook-group-with-350000-members-frozen-on-european-election.html

Notable: Salvini: “New Europe is born” amid nationalist-populist surge in European elections

Salvini: “New Europe is born” amid nationalist-populist surge in European elections

Noteworthy gains were made by Europe’s nationalist-populist, eurosceptic parties in this weekend’s European Parliament elections as support for centrist parties which had previously dominated the European Union for decades drastically fell.

The enormous success enjoyed by Italy’s League party, France’s National Rally, and the UK’s five-week-old Brexit party are glaring signs that Europe is indeed undergoing significant changes.

Signs like these mark the beginning of a “new European Renaissance,” declared Matteo Salvini, Italy’s populist Deputy Prime Minister, Interior Minister, and leader of the League at party headquarters in Milan.

“A new Europe is born. I am proud that the League is participating in this new European renaissance,” Salvini asserted.

Salvini continued, saying, “Significantly, as the ‘League’ became the dominant party in Italy, Marine Le Pen swept into a leading position in France, and Nigel Farage in the UK…This is a sign that Europe is changing, Europe is tired of being a slave to the elites, corporations and the powers-that-be.”

https://voiceofeurope.com/2019/05/salvini-new-europe-is-born-amid-nationalist-populist-surge-in-european-elections/

Notable: Nightmare fuel: New Pokemon app will monitor you while you sleep

Nightmare fuel: New Pokemon app will monitor you while you sleep

Pokemon Sleep is a new app, currently in development, that tracks a player’s sleep patterns and uses the data for gameplay in a bizarre evolution of gaming that borders on the nightmarish.

Sleep will work in conjunction with the next generation of the Pokemon Go Plus device to extend the gaming experience into the unconscious portion of the day. “You can use it to play Pokémon GO during the day as well as with Pokémon Sleep at night!” the Pokemon Company announced, proclaiming its ambitions to dominate the entire circadian cycle.

We’re pleased to announce the development of Pokémon Sleep, a new app from @Pokemon_cojp that tracks a user’s time sleeping and brings a gameplay experience unlike any other!

Several Snorlax were consulted on this, in case you were wondering. #PokemonSleep is coming in 2020. pic.twitter.com/nJ7mJY09Dl

— Pokémon (@Pokemon) May 29, 2019

The app will reportedly monitor how long the player has slept for and mark when they wake up which will impact their gaming experience in an as yet unclear way.

The app will use a device known as a Pokemon Go Plus + (yes, two plusses) which looks like a flattened, disc-like Pokeball which is left beside the player’s pillow and will be capable of monitoring their sleep and storing the data on their smartphone via bluetooth.

https://www.rt.com/news/460545-pokemon-app-monitors-sleep/

Notable: Feds probing NY Veterans Affairs hospital for malpractice, forged records after Navy vet files formal complaint and sues

Feds probing NY Veterans Affairs hospital for malpractice, forged records after Navy vet files formal complaint and sues

n June 1970, in the thick of the Vietnam War, anti-war demonstrators upset over the invasion of Cambodia took over a U.S. Navy building in Evanston, Ill. and beat 20-year-old Ensign Gary Zambito into unconsciousness.

Injuries from that attack forced the young law officer out of the armed services and caused him health problems for the next 50 years, including fainting spells, heart irregularities and high blood pressure.

Now in his 70s, Zambito turned to the Department of Veterans Affairs, specifically the Northport VA hospital on Long Island, for treatment he needed and was qualified to receive. But instead of getting better, he nearly ended up dead from a combination of misdiagnoses and neglect, according to a federal lawsuit and the New York State Division of Veterans’ Affairs.

Zambito sued the federal government for $4 million, the outcome of which is pending. The government has denied any wrongdoing, but the U.S. Attorney’s office in Central Islip has taken up a criminal investigation into malfeasance at the clinic, according to sources, which could result in criminal charges. The U.S. Attorney’s office would not confirm a criminal investigation, but the Daily News saw emails indicating a probe has been opened.

His ordeal with the Northport VA hospital began in December 2015 when Zambito, a Long Island resident, went there for a cardiology referral to treat increasingly frequent fainting spells that ended in blackouts, according to court papers.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/05/feds-probing-ny-veterans-affairs-hospital-for-malpractice-forged-records-after-navy-vet-files-formal-complaint-and-sues/

Notable: A Navy veteran suffocated after a brawl with Colorado police in a case that has escaped public scrutiny

A Navy veteran suffocated after a brawl with Colorado police in a case that has escaped public scrutiny

An Aurora man died last year because he couldn’t breathe after police restrained him facedown, sat on him after a seven-minute fight and then waited three minutes before starting chest compressions when they realized he was unconscious.

Aurora police won’t release body camera footage related to the death despite pledges of transparency when 32-year-old David Baker, a U.S. Navy veteran, died in their custody on Dec. 17.

Baker died after a brutal and extensive fight with Aurora police officers who had been called to his wife’s apartment for a domestic disturbance. For seven minutes, three officers punched, wrestled and bit Baker outside the Aurora apartment as Baker resisted arrest, including attempting to choke an officer and take one of their batons. One officer used a Taser on Baker 11 times for a total duration of nearly a minute, but the shocks had little effect, according to police documents obtained by The Denver Post through an open records request.

Baker died outside the apartment after several officers piled on top of him as he lay facedown on the sidewalk. The Arapahoe County Coroner found that he died of restraint asphyxia — he couldn’t breathe because of the officers on top of him and the way he was positioned. The coroner ruled the death a homicide and said heart disease and obesity likely contributed to Baker’s death.

https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/05/a-navy-veteran-suffocated-after-a-brawl-with-colorado-police-in-a-case-that-has-escaped-public-scrutiny/

Notable: U.S. banking sector reports $60.7 billion in profits for first quarter of 2019

U.S. banking sector reports $60.7 billion in profits for first quarter of 2019

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. banking sector recorded $60.7 billion in profits in the first quarter of 2019, an increase in profit levels from the year prior, according to data from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

U.S. bank profits increased by $4.9 billion, an 8.7 percent jump compared to the first quarter of 2018. The FDIC said the profits were driven by higher net interest income.

The FDIC also reported that the number of “problem banks” had fallen from 60 to 59 in the first quarter, marking the lowest level of struggling institutions since the first quarter of 2007.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-banks-results/u-s-banking-sector-reports-60-7-billion-in-profits-for-first-quarter-of-2019-idUSKCN1SZ1L4

Notable: Renoting: Julian Assange Now in Hospital Wing of British Prison, Lawyer Says …Can’t Have Normal Conversations

Julian Assange Now in Hospital Wing of British Prison, Lawyer Says He’s In Such Bad Shape That He Can’t Have Normal Conversations

The health of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has deteriorated so drastically that his lawyer says it is not possible to conduct a normal conversation with him.

Swedish outlet Upsala Nya Tidning reports that Assange is so ill that he is now in the hospital wing of the prison.

“Wikileaks founder Julian Assange’s Swedish lawyer wants the arrest hearing on Monday in Uppsala to be postponed. According to the lawyer, who has now visited his client in British prison, Assange is admitted to the medical department and was unable to make a call,” the newspaper reports.

Assange is currently imprisoned at Belmarsh Prison in the United Kingdom and facing eighteen charges under the Espionage Act in the United States for his publication of the Iraq and Afghan War Logs. If extradited and convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 175 years in prison.`

The award-winning publisher is under investigation in Sweden for sex crimes, which he and many of his supporters believe is a setup to get him into the nation where he could be more easily extradited to the United States. A hearing in the case is scheduled for June 3 and Assange’s legal team had attempted to get it postponed until his health improved.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/05/julian-assange-now-in-hospital-wing-of-british-prison-in-such-bad-shape-that-he-cant-conduct-normal-conversations/

Notable: >>6616454, >>6616625 Mueller Statement at 1100 EST. "The Justice Department said he will not take questions."

>>6616407

>>6616394

TANGIBLE SAUCE!

https://mobile.twitter.com/search?q=Mueller%20statement&src=typed_query

Notable: ‘Buddhist Bin Laden’ on the run in Myanmar after inflammatory comments

‘Buddhist Bin Laden’ on the run in Myanmar after inflammatory comments

The Burmese government has ordered the arrest of a radical Buddhist monk, dubbed the ‘Buddhist Bin Laden,’ over comments he allegedly made about State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi.

Ashin Wirathu is a hardline anti-Muslim campaigner and has long been accused of inciting violence against Myanmar’s Muslim minority, in particular against the country’s beleaguered Rohingya Muslims. Wirathu has apparently fled his compound within the Masoeyein monastery in Mandalay, central Myanmar, and his current whereabouts are unknown.

His recent comments alleged corruption within Suu Kyi’s government, as well as claiming it was trying to erode the power of the military in the nation.

Wirathu’s arrest warrant was issued under the country’s sedition laws, which cover “attempts to bring into hatred or contempt, or excites or attempts to excite disaffection towards the government.” If convicted, Wirathu faces a possible three-year jail sentence. He was imprisoned before in 2003 but was released nine years later under an amnesty.

While he initially faced pushback against his preaching upon release seven years ago, more recently he has become a prominent figure at military rallies throughout the country, where he has made repeated calls for boycotts of Muslim businesses and referred to Rohingya Muslims as illegal immigrants.

https://www.rt.com/news/460522-buddhist-bin-laden-myanmar/

Notable: Police union leader says 60 more detectives needed to combat MS-13 in New York

=NEWS=

Police union leader says 60 more detectives needed to combat MS-13 in New York

https://www.foxnews.com/us/long-island-police-union-new-detectives-combat-ms-13

Notable: MAXINE MELTDOWN: Waters demands ‘low life’ Trump resign, ‘free us of what we will have to do to impeach him’

http://www.theamericanmirror.com/maxine-meltdown-waters-demands-low-life-trump-resign-free-us-of-what-we-will-have-to-do-to-impeach-him/

Notable: >>6616162 Anon call to Dig on Cummings wife. IRS filings

On call to dig on Cummings and wife…

Wife is Maya Rockymoore…

Same CHOADish setup with a consulting firm and a non-profit…not much more there really…kinda of a mini CF as they all do….shocked it has to do with policy and not child trafficking…just sayin'…

Here is her consulting firm…BTW…a leadership team of ONE…

http://globalpolicysolutions.com

Notable: New Mexico mayor issues cease and desist order to group building private border wall (video)

Was wondering how long it would take some state or fed government to react to this.

=NEWS=

New Mexico mayor issues cease and desist order to group building private border wall

https://video.foxnews.com/v/6042266355001/

Notable: >>6615976, >>6616028, >>6616046, >>6616100 Anon Discussion of "Brave New World" in context of Q movement.

>>6615915

>>6615894

Huxley was a Big Time perp.

Mentioned both in "Weird Scenes inside the Canyon" and "Behold a Pale Horse"

His use of "Brave New World" was ironic and evil

Have you heard of "mirroring"?

>>6615894

Notable: >>6615908, >>6615911, >>6615918, >>6615920, >>6615922, Anons opine on Rare earth minerals and China Trade leverage.

Story on Yahoo News, inferring that Xi has all the leverage in a trade war and that he is masterfully playing Trump. Most interesting at the comments which are overwhelmingly either pro-Trump or people with knowledge of the minerals refining process saying this is a nothing burger. And Drudge once again proves that they are comped.

https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/china-gears-weaponize-rare-earths-002041977.html

Notable: Trump vs Deep State in Historic Battle – Kevin Shipp

https://usawatchdog.com/trump-vs-deep-state-in-historic-battle-kevin-shipp/

Notable: Loretta Lynch hired by NY law firm as litigation partner

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/business/loretta-lynch-paul-weiss.amp.html

Notable: Make Aircrew Great Again patches are causing 'splodey heads

https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2019%2F05%2F28%2Ftroops-wearing-make-aircrew-great-again-patches-triggers-outrage-left%2F" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/TrueFactsStated/status/1133329273610276869?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1133329273610276869&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fpolitics%2F2019%2F05%2F28%2Ftroops-wearing-make-aircrew-great-again-patches-triggers-outrage-left%2F

Notable: NXIVM members used spyware on Edgar Bronfman & other 'enemies'

YOU ARE NOW AWARE THAT NXIVM HAS AN ONLINE PRESENCE

YOU ARE NOW AWARE THAT NXIVM HAS HACKERS AND MONITORS PEOPLE WHO THREATEN THEM

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/28/nyregion/nxivm-trial-sex-cult-spyware-bronfman.html

Notable: US Marine killed in military training accident - RIP patriot

US Marine killed in NT training accident

A 21-year-old decorated United States Marine has died, days after a military training accident at an Australian Defence Force facility in the Northern Territory.

Lance Corporal Hans Sandoval-Pereyra died on Wednesday after succumbing to injuries he received during a tactical vehicle accident on the weekend, a media release from the US Marines said.

He was involved in routine training at Mount Bundey Training Area, east of Darwin on Saturday when the accident occurred and was taken by helicopter to Royal Darwin Hospital, where he died.

One other Marine received minor injuries from the accident and was released from the hospital.

The training was described in the Marine Expeditionary Force media release as routine.

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/breaking-news/us-marine-killed-while-training-in-nt/news-story/402af9dce016507abf97d2b829052664

Notable: VIPanon, Q2347 & "the picture will be the signifier"

I know it's said that the Michael Goodwin "Lets Roll" BOOM is related to Q2347 and the "picture will be the signifier"…

Unrelated or not, I was just letting Rachel Maddow play in the background (to update on what normies are being fed) and I heard something that sounded similar to "Let's Roll!"

"In this case the clerk actually shouts 'LETS GO'"

"The running of the interns" from Supreme Court to press outside to speed-read the rulings onto the air.

Spat between RBG and Clarence Thomas? Article a couple months ago about a dead judges rulings not being valid even if they were alive at the time?

Are we going to find out about RBG very soon?!?!

23:00 →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1k-Qdxhwp0

Notable: Inside the Yellow Vests: What the Western media will not report

Who knows really why the Yellow Vests in France happened? What exactly are they fighting for?

This is a good overview of 10 (subjective) conclusions. Yes, its a pro-Russian site, but that also means its an anti-Obama era site. No one here can argue that the Maidan in the Ukraine (Biden, Brennan, Kerry et al) wasn't an outright Globalist attempt to start WW3. However, the eastern view is that the USA was responsible, period…. doesn't matter that Nuland and her cookies are not in power anymore. Read it with that in mind. The Gilets Jaunes, just like Crimeans and the Donbass, as well as we Qanons are all fighting the same enemy - Globalist Warmongering Elite Vampire fuckwits who don't deserve the power they think they are entitled to.

http://thesaker.is/inside-the-yellow-vests-what-the-western-media-will-not-report-part-2/

Notable: Cali officials close southern beaches due to influx of sewage from Mexico

Now California has shit waves coming from Mexico. So if you tire of walking on their shitty streets, you can go swimming in their shitty oceans. KEK

Mmmmm summer vacation anyone?

California officials close ENTIRE shoreline because of Mexican sewage flowing north and contaminating water

Officials say 416 million liters of sewage has flowed from Mexico since April

Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge has been closed since November 2018

The entire shoreline of Imperial Beach, California is now closed to swimmers

The entire shoreline of a Southern California city is closed to swimmers after sewage-contaminated runoff flowed into California from Mexico's Tijuana River.

The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that the San Diego County Department of Environment Health issued the order Sunday.

They are expanding on the closure that has been in place for months for part of the Imperial Beach coast - which now encompasses the whole shoreline in the city.

Officials say more than 110 million gallons (416 million liters) of toxic storm water has flowed north from Mexico since April, making the picturesque spot dangerous to swimmers.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7077721/California-officials-close-ENTIRE-shoreline-Mexican-sewage-flowing-north.html

Notable: Mnuchin has a continued financial interest in Stormchaser Films, kek

>>6615261

>>6615253

Notable: Poll: Americans Increasingly View Trump as Presidential

>>6615205

>sauce plz?

Ugh

I didn't want to go to the BB page when I posted the snip

But here it is // since you asked

Poll: Americans Increasingly View Trump as Presidential

/www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/28/poll-americans-increasingly-view-trump-presidential/

Notable: >>6615349 Patriot Anons, Possible twist with RBG

Patriot Anons

Possible twist with RBG

Notable: >>6615073 4chan trolls push hard to sell # as a sign of Nazi supremacy (Top-Kek)

Is the # sign a symbol of Nazism and white supremacy? 4chan is trying to make people think so

https://www.rt.com/news/460490-4chan-hashtag-symbol-nazism

Notable: Dan Pfeiffer GoFundMe Exec – DIGG

Remember when liberals were setting up umpteen GoFundMe accounts during the Kavanaugh hearings? Reckon where all that money went?

Take a look at who's a GoFundMe exec.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Pfeiffer

43 years old, magna cum laude graduate from Georgetown

Pfeiffer was born in Wilmington, Delaware,[7] the son of Vivian Lear (née Strange), a learning specialist, and Gary Malick Pfeiffer, a financial officer for DuPont.[8][9] He graduated magna cum laude from Georgetown University.[10] He began his career in politics working as a spokesman for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) initiative of the Clinton Administration. In 2000, he joined the communications department of Al Gore's 2000 campaign for the Presidency.[11]

Pfeiffer was Vice President for Communications and Policy at GoFundMe from December 2015 to September 2017.[16] Pfeiffer currently serves on the Board of Advisors of Let America Vote, a voting rights organization founded by fellow Crooked Media host Jason Kander.[17]

Personal life

On July 16, 2006, Pfeiffer married Sarah Elizabeth Feinberg, a senior advisor and spokeswoman for Obama's former Chief of Staff, and current senior advisor and spokeswoman for Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel.[8] In 2011, Pfeiffer and Feinberg separated, and later divorced.[18]

In 2016, Pfeiffer married Howli Ledbetter, former director of message planning in the Obama White House.[19][20] In May 2018, Ledbetter gave birth to a daughter, Kyla.[21][22]

Here's Pfeiffer trying to stomp out the Ukrainian fire flaring up around Joe Biden. "Reeeeeee, this is only okay when our side does it!"

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/02/obama-adviser-downplays-bidens-ukraine-corruption-as-conservative-oppo-by-peter-schweizer/

He's definitely a liberal gadfly:

https://bklyner.com/weekend-art-events-may-10-12/

"Pod Tours America (Sponsored) at Kings Theatre, May 16 + 17, 8pm [Tickets begin at $59.50]: Pod Save America, co-hosted by Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, Dan Pfeiffer and Tommy Vietor has been downloaded more than 370M times, and was dubbed “the voice in blue America’s head” by New York Times Magazine. Favreau, Lovett, Pfeiffer and Vietor all served in key roles in the Obama White House. They have expertise in political campaigns (both winning and losing), political strategy, speechwriting and foreign policy. They are blunt about their disgust with the Trump administration, but are equally hard on the Democratic Party when it screws up. You’ll laugh. You might cry. And you’ll leave motivated to fight for our democracy."

Pics related.

Notable: Kuroda underscores importance of BOJ's ultraeasy monetary policy

Kuroda underscores importance of BOJ's ultraeasy monetary policy

TOKYO (Kyodo) – Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Wednesday reiterated the importance of the central bank's ultraeasy monetary stimulus to achieve its 2 percent inflation target.

"A good number of advanced economies have experienced very sluggish price developments in spite of significant improvements in economic activity," Kuroda said in a speech at an international symposium in Tokyo.

Inflation remains stagnant in Japan with the core consumer price index excluding volatile fresh food items in April released Friday rising just 0.9 percent, far below the BOJ's inflation target despite six years of its massive monetary easing.

Meanwhile, Kuroda admitted prolonged low interest rates could affect financial institutions and financial stability. "Continued low interest rates can change the risk-taking behavior of financial institutions and affect financial stability," he said, noting that low interest rates could lead banks to take excessive risks.

Following Kuroda's speech, Jean-Claude Trichet, former president of the European Central Bank from 2003 to 2011, made a speech to participants from Japan and abroad.

He said structural reforms to address social problems including the rapidly aging population remain essential in Japan and should be solved not only by the BOJ but also by joint efforts by the public and private sectors.

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20190529/p2g/00m/0bu/061000c

Notable: >>6615088, >>6615142, >>6615216 Anons on DJT Tweet ("God bless the USA") and Q 38 ("The Calm before the Storm")

>>6614799

>>6614804

Q drop 38, carriers in the Pacific.

Notable: >>6614919 Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Pregnant Woman Is Not a ‘Mother’

https://mobile.twitter.com/saracarterdc

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/28/ruth-bader-ginsburg-a-pregnant-woman-is-not-a-mother/

Notable: Army's 'Google Earth On Steroids' Can Look Inside Buildings

Army's 'Google Earth On Steroids' Can Look Inside Buildings

New mapping technology that is expected to transform training and simulation exercises for America's warfighters was unveiled at the IEEE Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC) 2019 conference on May 15 in Stockholm, Sweden, reported National Defense Magazine.

Jason Knowles, director of geospatial science and technology at the University of Southern California's Institute for Creative Technologies, an Army affiliated research center, spoke at ITEC about the new terrain capture and reconstruction software that recreates complex environments including cities for simulation exercises and war planning. The institute is part of a cross-functional team working on the mapping software (called One World Terrain (OWT) project).

Knowles described the new software as "Google Earth on steroid."

At a briefing during ITEC, Knowles showed the audience a picture of an enemy base that was captured and digitally re-created in about an hour using commercial software and a small drone. "We were able to throw that UAS up, capture that in an hour, put it on the laptop, process it, and push it out," he said.

"The ability to have an individual or a squad go out, collect their own organic 3D model for ingesting into their modeling and simulation is huge for us," he said.

"The interior of buildings are now being fused and snapped inside of that 3D model," Knowles said. The software can "strip the outside of a building level by level and see what's inside the building. That's obviously very useful for operators."

He said the software is linked with GPS data so war planners can organize future real operations.

The rapid 3D terrain capture and reconstruction system is supported by aerial imagery from satellites and aircraft. For higher resolution, reconnaissance teams can deploy small, handheld drones to collect much higher resolution imagery, he added.

The software uses machine learning and artificial intelligence for the data merging component to "make the model smart, so it's not just [identifying objects in] pictures," he said. For example, it can tell troops if a perimeter wall of an enemy base needs to breached with a vehicle or munition.

The new mapping software is one of the Army's top modernization priorities, besides long-range precision missiles, next-generation combat vehicle, future vertical lift, air-and-missile defense, directed energy weapons, next-generation combat rifle, and soldier lethality.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-05-28/armys-google-earth-steroids-can-look-inside-buildings

Notable: New US uranium production and resource data released

New US uranium production and resource data released

The USA produced 33% less uranium in 2018 than 2017, according to the US Energy Information Administration's (EIA) 2018 Domestic Uranium Production Report. Meanwhile, Uranium One has published NI 43-101 technical reports including resource figures for five uranium exploration and development properties in Wyoming.

A total of 1.6 million pounds U3O8 (615 tU) was produced from seven facilities, according to the report which was published on 16 May. These were the White Mesa uranium mill in Utah, plus six in-situ leach operations: Crow Butte in Nebraska, and Lost Creek, Nichols Ranch, Ross, Smith Ranch-Highland and Willow Creek, all in Wyoming. Ross is part of the Lance project. Total mine production, at 0.7 million pounds, was 37% less than the previous year. Total production reflects the amount of ore fed to mills in the year, including stockpiled ore mined in previous years, and is therefore higher than mine production.

The 1.6 million pounds of uranium concentrates shipped from those operations was 35% less than in 2017. US producers sold a total of 1.5 million pounds U3O8 at a weighted average price of USD32.51 per pound.

EIA data released earlier this month for the first quarter of 2019 reflect that two of those ISL operations - Crow Butte and Willow Creek - are not currently operating.

Two mills - Shootaring Canyon in Utah and Sweetwater Uranium Project in Wyoming - and four ISL plants were on standby in 2018, according to the report. Total expenditures for land, exploration, drilling, production and reclamation, at USD109 million, were 11% less than in 2017 and the lowest total since 2004. Total employment in the US uranium production industry, at 372 full-time person-years in 2018, was 12% less than in 2017 and the lowest since 2003.

http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/New-US-uranium-production-and-resource-data-releas

Notable: , >>6614522 Brazen pedo-symbolizm found on Netflix

I monitor my kids netflix watching and saw this today. Fuck you Netflix. Burn Hollywood burn

Notable: , >>6614401, >>6614425 POTUS tweet mispelling, missing [y]

>>6614363

Related should be Rela[y]ed

Notable: Moar digs on Elijah Cummings' wife Maya Rockeymoore

Moar digs on Elijah Cummings' wife Maya Rockeymoore:

She wants to run for governor of Maryland:

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-rockeymoore-run-20170718-story.html

and

https://baltimorefishbowl.com/stories/maya-rockeymoore-elijah-cummings-wife-might-run-for-governor/

and

https://www.marylandmatters.org/2019/04/24/rockeymoore-cummings-lays-down-the-law-on-speaker-vote-and-more/

Reminder: We'll still need to have all the Lefty nonprofits sitting on the front pew in our church for the 2020 campaign season. They haven't gone anywhere, anons.

Well! This is just as of last week:

https://www.wmar2news.com/news/local-news/government-ethics-watch-dog-files-irs-complaint-against-wife-of-elijah-cummings

BALTIMORE — A government ethics watchdog has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against a charity run by the wife of Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings.

The complaint was filed on Monday by the National Legal and Policy Center against the Center for Global Policy Solutions, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization headed by Maya Rockeymoore Cummings, the Congressman's wife.

Its main purpose, they say, is for the IRS to investigate whether "its organizers are getting fat off the grants."

Rockeymoore Cummings is also President of a similarly named for-profit consulting firm called Global Policy Solutions, LLC., which has listed the same address and phone number as the charity."

The little trick of creating multiple corporate entities with names that are just BARELY different is right out of the Clintons' playbook. Q knows, which is why somebody (I can't remember who it was) said today that Lois Lerner (former IRS Commissioner) might come back into the ballgame. Hat tip to the marvelous Charles Ortel for teaching me about all that. The man is a damn wizard, and he has the Clintons' number.

Requesting digs on both the Rockeymoore/Cummings' 501(c)(3) orgs:

Center for Global Policy Solutions

Global Policy Solutions, LLC

Are search tools for organizations/individuals still in the dough? The need for them hasn't gone anywhere.

"The watchdog claims Rockeymoore Cummings was in violation of the Internal Revenue Code for overlapping her non-profit and for-profit business dealings, but may have also personally benefited financially from charitable donations in what is also known as inurement."

INUREMENT, INUREMENT, INUREMENT

https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/inurement-private-benefit-charitable-organizations

"A section 501(c)(3) organization must not be organized or operated for the benefit of private interests, such as the creator or the creator's family, shareholders of the organization, other designated individuals, or persons controlled directly or indirectly by such private interests. No part of the net earnings of a section 501(c)(3) organization may inure to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual. A private shareholder or individual is a person having a personal and private interest in the activities of the organization."

Notable: Huawei asks US court to declare defense bill 'unconstitutional'

Huawei asks U.S. court to declare defense bill 'unconstitutional'

HONG KONG (Reuters) - China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd has filed a motion for summary judgment in its lawsuit against the U.S. government, according to a court filing in the United States, in the telecoms equipment maker’s latest attempt to fight sanctions from Washington that threaten to push it out of global markets.

The motion filed late Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas asks to declare the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) unconstitutional, in an update to the lawsuit against the act that the Chinese company started in March.

The NDAA bill, passed into law by the U.S. Congress last summer, places a broad ban on federal agencies and their contractors from using Huawei equipment on national security grounds, citing the company’s ties with the Chinese government.

Huawei has repeatedly denied it is controlled by the Chinese government, military or intelligence services.

The world’s largest telecom network gear maker has since faced even greater sanctions as the U.S. commerce department on May 16 put the firm on a trade blacklist that bans companies from doing business with Huawei, in a move which immediately disrupted the global tech sector.

The ban comes amid an escalating trade dispute between the world’s two biggest economies.

Huawei, which has been given a 90-day reprieve from the ban, has denied that its products pose a security threat and protested Washington’s attempts to limit its business.

Song Liuping, Huawei’s chief legal officer, wrote in the Wall Street Journal on Monday that the law is a violation of due process as it “directly and permanently applies to Huawei without opportunity for rebuttal or escape”.

“This is the tyranny of ‘trial by legislature’ that the U.S. Constitution prohibits,” Song wrote.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-huawei-tech-usa-filing/huawei-asks-u-s-court-to-declare-defense-bill-unconstitutional-idUSKCN1SZ08C

Notable: Gowdy: Comey has 'no one to blame but himself'

>>6613868

James Comey has 'no one to blame but himself' if he's concerned about Barr’s probe, Trey Gowdy says

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/james-comey-trey-gowdy-durham-barr-russia-investigation-trump

Notable: 'APT28' cited as the hacking group that breached the DNC in 2016

Cyber Command's latest VirusTotal upload has been linked to an active attack

The malware sample that U.S. Cyber Command uploaded to VirusTotal last week is still involved in active attacks, multiple security researchers tell CyberScoop.

Researchers from Kaspersky Lab and ZoneAlarm, a software security company run by Check Point Technologies, tell CyberScoop they have linked the malware with APT28, the same hacking group that breached the Democratic National Committee during the 2016 election cycle.

A variant of the malware is being used in ongoing attacks, hitting targets as recently this month. The targets include Central Asian nations, as well as diplomatic and foreign affairs organizations, Kaspersky Lab’s principal security researcher Kurt Baumgartner tells CyberScoop.

While ZoneAlarm can’t confirm the targets the attack is focused on, the company detected the specific malware hash in an active attack in the Czech Republic last week, Lotem Finkelsteen, ZoneAlarm’s Threat Intelligence Group Manager, tells CyberScoop.

https://www.cyberscoop.com/cyber-command-virustotal-apt28-kaspersky-zonealarm/?category_news=government

Notable: Asian Market Report: Growth worries hit export stocks

Nikkei tumbles to more than 2-week low, growth worries hit export stocks-Huawei files motion in US court to block ban of technology sales

TOKYO, May 29 (Reuters) - Japan’s Nikkei tumbled to a more than two-week low on Wednesday morning, weighed by companies with large exposure to China, such as those in the chip sector, reflecting persistent concerns about U.S.-China trade frictions.

The worries about the trade war and its impact on global growth drove the a rally in world and local bonds and a selloff in financial stocks.

Asian markets fell in early trading Wednesday, following losses on Wall Street as the trade war between the U.S. and China showed no signs of thawing.

Late Tuesday, the U.S. decided not to label China a currency manipulator, although it was on a list, along with eight other countries, whose trade surpluses with the United States and other indicators are being closely tracked.

Also late Tuesday, Huawei Technologies Co. filed a motion in U.S. court challenging the constitutionality of a law that limits its sales of telecom equipment.

Australian shares follow global market down as trade worries bite; NZ falls

https://www.reuters.com/article/australia-stocks-midday/australian-shares-follow-global-market-down-as-trade-worries-bite-nz-falls-idUSL4N2350JV

The Chinese markets are being bolstered by this:

China central bank makes biggest daily net OMO injection in over four months

OMO=Open Market Operation.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s central bank said it will inject 270 billion yuan ($39.09 billion) through seven-day reverse bond repurchase agreements on Wednesday, traders said.

On a net basis, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) will inject 250 billion yuan into the market for the day, as 20 billion yuan worth of reverse repos are set to expire on Wednesday. The amount of daily net cash injection via reverse repo operations is the biggest since Jan.17, 2019.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-openmarket-repo/china-central-bank-makes-biggest-daily-net-omo-injection-in-over-four-months-idUSKCN1SZ050?il=0

If they had not done this it would be down by at least 3-4% easily-pepe warned about this on friday "wait until next week" was the quote.

Our Futures are down accordingly-these are the games being played by the system.

See Cap#3

Cap#4 shows oil trending down to it's recent support level in concert with our futures.

https://www.bloomberg.com/markets/stocks/futures

https://www.cnbc.com/asia-markets/

https://www.dailyfx.com/crude-oil

Notable: , >>6614329, >>6614361, >>6614426 FISA Gatekeeper? Gabriel R Sanz-Rexach. Dig

https://twitter.com/paulsperry_/status/1133549751058784257

Notable: , >>6614544, >>6614579 Fitton tweets with all guns blazing

>https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1133569145877016577

<https://twitter.com/TomFitton/status/1133570513425584129

Notable: 35 Key People Involved In The Russia Hoax Who Need To Be Investigated

35 Key People Involved In The Russia Hoax Who Need To Be Investigated

https://thefederalist.com/2019/03/08/35-key-people-involved-russia-hoax-need-investigated/

Notable: 2018, Japan found a 'semi-infinite' deposit of rare-earth minerals

REMINDER:

China have no cards left to play…

2018,Japan just found a 'semi-infinite' deposit of rare-earth minerals — and it could be a 'game-changer' in competition with China.

https://www.sciencealert.com/japan-discovered-a-rare-earth-mineral-deposit-that-can-supply-the-world-for-centuries

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/12/japan-rare-earths-huge-deposit-of-metals-found-in-pacific.html

https://www.businessinsider.com/rare-earth-minerals-found-in-japan-2018-4